Essex House is a Grade II* listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1956. A C18 House.
Essex House
- WRENN ID
- nether-copper-rye
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Epping Forest
- Constituency
- Epping Forest MP: Dr Neil Hudson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1956
- Type
- House
- Address
- Essex House, 20, Sewardstone Street, Waltham Abbey
- OS grid reference
- TL 381 004
- Coordinates
- 51.68606, -0.00248
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Essex House, located at No 20 Sewardstone Street, was built in 1767. The building features chequer brickwork made of red stretchers and grey headers, with a roof that is concealed behind a parapet. It stands three storeys tall with a basement, and includes a plinth, dentil, and moulded brick cornice. The façade has five sash windows with glazing bars set in flush frames, which are topped by flat arches, while the central window arches are scalloped. The entrance boasts an eight-fielded panelled door, with two of the panels now glazed, situated beneath a cut bracketed doorhood. Essex House was inhabited in the early 19th century by Samuel Howell, a poet known for his works on Essex scenery. The building is listed partly for its historical interest. The rainwater heads date to 1722 and feature the initials IWS.
Local climate
Essex House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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