North Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1954. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.

North Farmhouse

WRENN ID
patient-jade-dawn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Epping Forest
Constituency
Epping Forest MP: Dr Neil Hudson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 June 1954
Type
Farmhouse
Address
North Farmhouse, High Road, Loughton, IG10 4JJ
OS grid reference
TQ 414 951
Coordinates
51.63707, 0.04189
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

North Farmhouse is a house dating from around 1600 and later. It is timber framed, plastered, and has a roof made of handmade red clay tiles. The original structure consists of two bays aligned approximately northeast to southwest, with an internal chimney stack at the southwest end and an external chimney stack at the northeast end. There is a southeast extension from the southwest end, built around 1620, which includes an external chimney stack and a contemporary stair tower in the eastern angle. The entrance features a lean-to porch added in the 20th century, along with another extension to the southeast from the same period.

The farmhouse is two storeys high with attics. The northwest elevation, facing High Road, has three 20th-century leaded casement windows on the ground floor and additional windows on the first floor. The grouped diagonal shafts are from the 17th century on the southwest stack and from the 20th century on the northeast stack. Some of the timber framing is exposed inside, featuring jowled posts and straight bracing from the posts to the wallplates and tiebeams, which are not trenched.

There are blocked windows with ovolo mullions on both floors at the southwest end of the earlier part, which is enclosed by the later extension. A complete window with ovolo-plus-concave moulded mullions and diagonally set iron bars is found in the stair tower, with 20th-century glass. The original round newel and stairs extend from the ground floor to the attic. Inside, there are two original panelled oak doors and hinges, along with some reproductions. The first-floor fireplace at the southeast end features a depressed arch and retains original plaster. Next to it, there are diamond mortices for an unglazed window. The ground floor southwest fireplace was reduced in the 18th century, featuring a brick arch and jambs. The earliest part of the building, the northeast-southwest block, is likely the crosswing of a former hall that was demolished around 1620 and replaced by the current southeast extension. Many of the 20th-century features are a result of careful restoration carried out in the 1920s.

Local climate

North Farmhouse 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 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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