Former Shoppers Paradise 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.

Former Shoppers Paradise

WRENN ID
low-rubble-foxglove
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
Former Shoppers Paradise, 181, High Street, Ongar, CM5 9JG
OS grid reference
TL 552 030
Coordinates
51.70471, 0.24541
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building, formerly known as Shoppers Paradise, is located at 181 High Street in Ongar. It is a house that has been converted into a shop, dating from the late 18th century to early 19th century. The structure is built of grey gault brick and features a hipped roof covered with grey slate and projecting eaves. It stands three storeys tall and has a five-window range of small paned, double hung sash windows, each with gauged brick arches. There is a central band, and the central window on the first floor is adorned with stone scroll brackets, foliate stops, and a moulded canopy. The ground floor has a plain fascia and a 20th-century shopfront.

Local climate

Former Shoppers Paradise 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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