Prospect House is a Grade II listed building in the Southend-on-Sea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1974. A C18 House. 1 related planning application.

Prospect House

WRENN ID
gentle-lintel-acorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Southend-on-Sea
Constituency
Southend West and Leigh MP: David Burton-Sampson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 August 1974
Type
House
Address
Prospect House, 85, Leigh Hill, Leigh-On-Sea, SS9 1AR
OS grid reference
TQ 841 857
Coordinates
51.5408, 0.65472
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Prospect House is a late 18th century or early 19th century stuccoed brick house located at No. 85 Leigh Hill in Leigh-on-Sea. The building has two storeys and attics, featuring a three-window range. The central part of the house, which has one window range, projects forward at the front and includes a porch on the ground floor. The windows are double-hung sashes with glazing bars set in plain reveals. The roof is slate, and a 20th century attic storey has been added. Prospect House, along with Nos 98 to 108 (even), forms a group with the Church of St Clement.

Local climate

Prospect 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 1998
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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