P J Carter is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1984. Shop. 2 related planning applications.
P J Carter
- WRENN ID
- bitter-spire-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Epping Forest
- Constituency
- Brentwood and Ongar MP: Alex Burghart (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 April 1984
- Type
- Shop
- Address
- P J Carter, 165, High Street, Ongar, CM5 9JG
- OS grid reference
- TL 552 030
- Coordinates
- 51.70436, 0.24535
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building, known as P.J. Carter, is a shop that dates back to the 17th century, with alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. It features a timber-framed structure that is plastered and has ashlar panel pargetting. The roof is double gabled, covered with red plain tiles, and includes a gabled dormer on the left side. The gables are adorned with heavy scroll bargeboards. The building stands two storeys tall with attics and has a two-window range. The attic windows are three-light, small-paned, double-hung sashes, while the first-floor windows are larger, small-paned, double-hung sashes set in moulded surrounds. The shop front, added in the 20th century, has a central door and features a metal hood with a fringe from the 19th or 20th century, supported by iron fan brackets on a timber frame.
Local climate
P J Carter 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.
- No sale records on file
- 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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