Castle House and Shop is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1967. House and shop. 3 related planning applications.
Castle House and Shop
- WRENN ID
- sheer-shingle-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Epping Forest
- Constituency
- Brentwood and Ongar MP: Alex Burghart (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 1967
- Type
- House and shop
- Address
- Castle House and Shop, Bridge Road, Moreton
- OS grid reference
- TL 533 069
- Coordinates
- 51.74039, 0.22029
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Castle House and Shop is a house and shop dating from the 16th century or earlier, which underwent extensive alterations in the 18th century. The building is timber-framed and plastered, with a red plain tile roof that is hipped to the south. It has two storeys and a three-window front with 18th and 19th century vertical sliding sash windows, featuring glazing bars. A 20th-century casement window is located on the ground floor. A pedimented doorcase with moulded architraves provides entry. A 20th-century shopfront is present at the south end. A 20th-century red brick chimney stack is also visible.
Local climate
Castle House and Shop 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1999
- 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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