Rockhills is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1984. House. 3 related planning applications.

Rockhills

WRENN ID
shifting-chamber-poplar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Epping Forest
Constituency
Brentwood and Ongar MP: Alex Burghart (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 June 1984
Type
House
Address
Rockhills, Norton Heath Road, Willingale, CM5 0QG
OS grid reference
TL 596 059
Coordinates
51.72968, 0.31054
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Rockhills is a house dating from the mid-17th century, constructed with a timber frame and plastered exterior, featuring an early 19th-century red brick front. The building has two storeys and a square plan, with an original 'L' shaped block and later painted brick infilling the north-east corner. The roofs are covered with clay peg tiles, which have hips at the angles and a valley visible on the east facade. The front is made of Flemish bond red brick with irregular blue headers on the first floor, which has three double-hung sash windows with small panes and painted timber lintels. On the ground floor, there is an off-centre 20th-century red brick porch with a hipped peg tile roof, along with two similar double-hung sash windows featuring segmental arched heads. A central rectangular ridge line stack is positioned over an inglenook. Inside, there is substantial framing with a 'crosswing' structure for the west wing. Additionally, there is a two-storey former granary, which has a hipped peg tile roof and black boarding, linked to the east facade and now serves as a parade.

Local climate

Rockhills 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 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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