The Ongar Bell Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 April 1982. Public house. 2 related planning applications.
The Ongar Bell Public House
- WRENN ID
- quiet-wattle-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Epping Forest
- Constituency
- Brentwood and Ongar MP: Alex Burghart (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1982
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Ongar Bell Public House, High Street, CM5 9JA
- OS grid reference
- TL 552 029
- Coordinates
- 51.70361, 0.24533
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ongar Bell Public House is a public house that dates from the 18th century or earlier, with alterations and additions made in the 19th century and later. The building features a timber frame that is partly plastered and partly covered with sunk chamfered weatherboard. It has a grey slate roof that is hipped to the right. To the right, there is a carriageway that is set back, with a small paned oriel window above it, and batten decoration located below this window. The main part of the building is two stories high and has a three-window range, featuring 18th-century double hung small paned sliding sashes set in moulded surrounds. The central entrance is a half-glazed door flanked by fluted pilasters, with paterae on the frieze and a flat canopy above. There are also two red brick chimney stacks.
Local climate
The Ongar Bell Public House 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2007
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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