Hatfields (E15 Acting School) is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1984. House. 5 related planning applications.

Hatfields (E15 Acting School)

WRENN ID
dusk-column-heath
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Epping Forest
Constituency
Epping Forest MP: Dr Neil Hudson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 May 1984
Type
House
Address
Hatfields (E15 Acting School), Rectory Lane, Loughton, IG10 3RY
OS grid reference
TQ 437 965
Coordinates
51.64947, 0.07685
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hatfields (E15 Acting School) is a house built in the late 18th century, with an extension added in the 19th century. The building is constructed of brick in Flemish bond with scored joints, using stock bricks at the front and red/purple bricks elsewhere. It has a roof made of handmade red clay tiles, while the 19th-century extension is roofed with slates. The house has a double pile plan featuring a central entrance and stair hall, with two chimney stacks located in each side wall and at the gable ends, facing northeast.

To the southeast, there is a late 19th-century service extension. The building stands two storeys high with attics. The central entrance features a glazed door framed by a reeded wooden doorcase with an open pediment and stucco pilasters, accessed by four stone steps. There are four double-hung sash windows with 16 lights each, set under segmental arches of gauged brick, dating from the late 18th century. On the first floor, there are five similar windows. The building has string courses above the ground floor and first floor windows, and a parapet.

There are three flat-roofed dormers with casement windows, each having 12 lights. The overall design of the building is symmetrical. A lead rainwater head, inscribed with "AW 1795," is present. The house features double gables on each side with mansard roofs. Inside, there are complete internal folding shutters in front of the windows on both floors, and the staircase has a pine rail with slender turned balusters, although the post at the bottom is damaged.

Local climate

Hatfields (E15 Acting School) sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 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 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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