High House is a Grade II listed building in the Thurrock local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1981. House. 4 related planning applications.
High House
- WRENN ID
- wild-mortar-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Thurrock
- Constituency
- Thurrock MP: Jen Craft (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1981
- Type
- House
- Address
- High House, London Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 566 780
- Coordinates
- 51.47926, 0.25484
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
High House is a 17th century house located on London Road in Purfleet. It is timber-framed and has plastered brick, topped with a red plain tile hipped roof. The building has two storeys and attics, featuring a five-window range of double hung vertical sliding sashes with glazing bars. On the ground floor, there are two three-light windows set in arched recesses, while the central window on the first floor is blocked. A band runs between the storeys, and there is a central door with a hood supported by shaped brackets, along with an ornamental fanlight above it. Stone steps lead up to the door, flanked by iron rails. The eaves are also adorned with a band, and there are two hipped dormers. The house has panelled end stacks and an extension on the left side of the front, which is set back and has one window range. Inside, the house features panelling and a 17th century staircase with twisted balusters.
Local climate
High House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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 1995
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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