Lippittshill Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1974. Lodge.

Lippittshill Lodge

WRENN ID
long-latch-honey
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Epping Forest
Constituency
Epping Forest MP: Dr Neil Hudson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 March 1974
Type
Lodge
Address
Lippittshill Lodge, Lippitts Hill, Loughton, Waltham Abbey, IG10 4AL
OS grid reference
TQ 400 967
Coordinates
51.65223, 0.02303
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lippittshill Lodge is a building dating from around 1824, constructed on the site of an earlier house. It is made of stucco and features a hipped Welsh slate roof. The building has three storeys and includes a plinth, quoins, and a modillion cornice. There are three sash windows with architrave surrounds, and the lower side windows are three-light. The first-floor windows have cornices on consoles that support pediments. The central door is topped with a cornice hood, which is supported by brackets and fluted half columns that do not have capitals. There is also a two-storey wing with two windows.

This building is listed partly for its historical significance as a former private asylum, where the poet John Clare lived from 1837 to 1840. At that time, it was known as Dr Allen's Lunatic Asylum, Leopard's Hill Lodge. Lippittshill Lodge and the Grotto are part of a group.

Local climate

Lippittshill Lodge sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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