ZE7 Lippitts Hill: Former Armoury is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 August 2017. A Modern Military structure.

ZE7 Lippitts Hill: Former Armoury

WRENN ID
stubborn-panel-stoat
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Epping Forest
Constituency
Epping Forest MP: Dr Neil Hudson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 August 2017
Type
Military structure
Period
Modern
Address
ZE7 Lippitts Hill: Former Armoury, Metropolitan Police Cadet Training Centre, Loughton, Essex, Waltham Abbey, IG10 4AL
OS grid reference
TQ 397 970
Coordinates
51.6546, 0.01896
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former Armoury, built in 1939-40, is part of the World War II Heavy Anti-Aircraft Gunsite. This single-storey building is constructed from brick and features timber window frames and doors, all surrounded by a metal fence. The structure has a square plan and a flat roof. On the north-west elevation, there are plain flat-panel doors at each end, with a two-light timber casement window in between. The south-west elevation has two plain flat-panel doors toward the east side, with a single light casement window between them, and a three-light casement window at the west end. All windows are positioned at eye level. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

ZE7 Lippitts Hill: Former Armoury 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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