Kismet Indian Restaurant is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1967. Restaurant. 2 related planning applications.

Kismet Indian Restaurant

WRENN ID
under-brass-bittern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Epping Forest
Constituency
Brentwood and Ongar MP: Alex Burghart (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 February 1967
Type
Restaurant
Address
Kismet Indian Restaurant, 171, High Street, Ongar, CM5 9JG
OS grid reference
TL 552 030
Coordinates
51.70451, 0.24543
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Kismet Indian Restaurant is a building that dates back to the early 17th century or earlier. Originally known as The Market House, it features three open arches on the east side. By the late 19th century, it was converted into shops. The structure is timber framed and plastered, with ashlar panels. It has a half-hipped red plain tiled roof, which includes three hipped dormers with pivot casements. The first floor has three ranges of small paned, double hung sliding sash windows. The shop front is set back from the jetty and has three windows, each with seven lights, center transoms, and four pilasters. There is a half-glazed door adorned with Gothic panels and lights. Two red brick chimney stacks with moulded capping are symmetrically placed on the building. A Royal Insurance Plaque is located to the left of the entrance.

Local climate

Kismet Indian Restaurant 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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