Readings 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.
Readings
- WRENN ID
- stony-buttress-sepia
- 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
- Readings, High Ongar, CM4 0LP
- OS grid reference
- TL 605 043
- Coordinates
- 51.71464, 0.32211
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a late 18th-century house located in Norton Heath, High Ongar. It is constructed with a timber frame and plaster, with a facade of red brick topped by a parapet. The roof is covered in grey slate. The house has a double-range plan and two storeys, including cellars. It has a five-window front featuring early 19th-century vertical sliding sash windows. Original red brick chimney stacks are at each end. The central doorway is distinguished by a semi-circular arch with a keystone, a recessed door, and a semi-circular fanlight.
Local climate
Readings 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
- 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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