Burghstead House is a Grade II* listed building in the Basildon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1955. Public library. 1 related planning application.
Burghstead House
- WRENN ID
- hollow-timber-vale
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Basildon
- Constituency
- Basildon and Billericay MP: Mr Richard Holden (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1955
- Type
- Public library
- Address
- Burghstead House, 143, High Street, Billericay, CM12 9AB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 673 943
- Coordinates
- 51.62294, 0.41583
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Burghstead House is a fine 18th century red brick house that is now used as the public library. The front features a parapet and a stone cornice between the first and second storeys, along with a plain stone band between the ground and first storeys. The building has three storeys and a basement, with a five-window range of double-hung sash windows that have glazing bars and are set in plain reveals. The doorway is accessed by a flight of steps and includes a six-panel door topped by a semi-circular fanlight with fan glazing. This entrance is framed by a wooden doorcase with pilasters, a triglyph frieze, and a modillion pediment. The roof is tiled and hipped.
Local climate
Burghstead 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 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% 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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- 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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