Little Thorbens is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1984. A C16 House. 12 related planning applications.

Little Thorbens

WRENN ID
roaming-lancet-pine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Epping Forest
Constituency
Brentwood and Ongar MP: Alex Burghart (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 April 1984
Type
House
Address
Little Thorbens, Ongar, CM5 9LQ
OS grid reference
TL 522 033
Coordinates
51.70799, 0.20186
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Little Thorbens is a house and crosswing dating to the 16th century or earlier. It is timber-framed and plastered, with a red plain tiled roof featuring pierced ridge tiles. A date of 1564 is carved into a roof timber. The house is two storeys high. The crosswing is jettied, with pendants to brackets. It has a 1:1 window range featuring iron small-paned casements, with smaller central windows. External red brick chimney stacks are positioned to the right and left. A 20th-century small-paned door provides access to the crosswing. A single-storey 20th-century extension is attached to the right.

Local climate

Little Thorbens 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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  • Sale history — 5 transactions since 2006
  • Related listed building consents — 12 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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