Hill House is a Grade II* listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 December 1952. A C16 House. 1 related planning application.
Hill House
- WRENN ID
- dark-buttress-thyme
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 December 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- Hill House, Littley Green Lane, Howe Street, Great Waltham, CM3 1BT
- OS grid reference
- TL 700 154
- Coordinates
- 51.81171, 0.46527
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hill House is a notable 16th-century timber-framed house featuring exposed timber-framing and plaster infill. The building has cross wings at both the east and west ends, which are jettied on the upper storey. It stands two storeys tall and has casement windows with leaded lights, with some original window openings having been restored. The roof is tiled and includes a central original chimney stack with two diagonally set shafts, as well as external chimney stacks on the cross wings that have two octagonal shafts.
Local climate
Hill House 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 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 2022
- 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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