Herschell House is a Grade II listed building in the Southend-on-Sea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1979. House. 13 related planning applications.
Herschell House
- WRENN ID
- lesser-corridor-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Southend-on-Sea
- Constituency
- Southend West and Leigh MP: David Burton-Sampson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1979
- Type
- House
- Address
- Herschell House, 87, Leigh Hill, Leigh-On -Sea, Leigh-On-Sea, SS9 1AR
- OS grid reference
- TQ 841 857
- Coordinates
- 51.54095, 0.65457
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Herschell House is an early 19th century timber-framed and weather-boarded house, originally of two broad bays and two storeys with an attic. In the mid to late 19th century, the front of the house was extended with brickwork towards the road. Of particular interest is the original weather-boarded facade, which now faces the garden. The central entrance features a glazed panelled door flanked by two-storey canted bays. These bays contain original sash windows with glazing bars, except for the ground floor on the right-hand side where the central window has been unobtrusively altered into a French window. A mid-19th century wooden veranda with scalloped eaves runs along the ground floor. The roof is tiled with pantiles and has three dormers. Further features include fretwork and dentil parapet coping.
Local climate
Herschell House receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2015
- Related listed building consents — 13 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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