W E Cole and Hairdressing by Eric is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1952. Shop. 3 related planning applications.
W E Cole and Hairdressing by Eric
- WRENN ID
- lesser-crypt-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Epping Forest
- Constituency
- Brentwood and Ongar MP: Alex Burghart (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1952
- Type
- Shop
- Address
- W E Cole and Hairdressing by Eric, 191 to 195, High Street, Ongar, CM5 9JG
- OS grid reference
- TL 552 030
- Coordinates
- 51.70498, 0.24536
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
W.E. Cole and Hairdressing by Eric is a Grade II listed building located on the west side of Ongar High Street. Originally constructed in the 17th century as dwellings with rear wings, the building features a timber frame, with sections that are weatherboarded and others that are rough rendered. It has a red plain tiled roof and stands two stories tall, displaying a five-window range of 17th and 18th century iron. The windows are three-light leaded casements.
On the ground floor, there are two half-glazed doors, four small-paned shop windows, and one iron three-light leaded casement window. The doors are topped with small slanting canopies supported by brackets, and the three windows to the left on the ground floor have pentice boards. The building also has moulded bands below the eaves, and some 17th and 18th century windows can be found on the rear and return walls.
A plaque on the building notes that Joseph King, who passed away on February 28, 1679, left this row of properties, including Nos. 199-205, in trust to provide funding for the schooling of poor children in the parish. The trustees continue to use the income for educational purposes.
Local climate
W E Cole and Hairdressing by Eric 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 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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- Related listed building consents — 3 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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