The Wilderness is a Grade II listed building in the Thurrock local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1981. House. 1 related planning application.
The Wilderness
- WRENN ID
- calm-sandstone-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Thurrock
- Constituency
- South Basildon and East Thurrock MP: James McMurdock (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1981
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Wilderness, Fen Lane, RM16 3LT
- OS grid reference
- TQ 633 814
- Coordinates
- 51.50854, 0.35305
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wilderness is an early 18th century house that features a combination of brick and timber framing, with a plastered exterior. It has a red plain tile roof and is arranged over two storeys with attics. The building has a T-plan layout, with a later wing added at the rear. There are two window ranges that contain double hung vertical sliding sashes and two gabled dormers. The central door is topped with a wooden eaves cornice, and the house retains its original red brick end chimney stacks.
Local climate
The Wilderness sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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
- No sale records on file
- 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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