Central House is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1984. Former academy, commercial. 14 related planning applications.
Central House
- WRENN ID
- high-ember-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Epping Forest
- Constituency
- Brentwood and Ongar MP: Alex Burghart (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 April 1984
- Type
- Former academy, commercial
- Address
- Central House, High Street, Ongar, CM5 9AA
- OS grid reference
- TL 552 032
- Coordinates
- 51.70643, 0.24487
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Central House is a building comprising shops, originally Ongar Academy, dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed of brick with a painted ashlar-style stucco finish. The building has a hipped grey slate roof to the central section, which features a central pediment with an apron and rises three stories. Parapets with a band and moulded cornice are present on the left and right sections, which are two stories high. The left and right sections have a two-window range, while the central block has a three-window range to the first and second floors, separated by a band. The entire front has 20th-century shop windows with plain fascias; the remaining windows are double-hung sashes with glazed margins. The central entrance has a panelled, partially glazed door within a surround featuring reveal panels, fluted pilasters, a nail head patera, a moulded frieze, and a flat canopy. To the right is a board and nail door in a plain surround with a light window above, and to the left a part-glazed door with an upper light window.
Local climate
Central 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 14 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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