Outbuilding to Rear of Little Bensons is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1984. Outbuilding.

Outbuilding to Rear of Little Bensons

WRENN ID
idle-pediment-khaki
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Epping Forest
Constituency
Brentwood and Ongar MP: Alex Burghart (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 April 1984
Type
Outbuilding
Address
Outbuilding to Rear of Little Bensons, High Street, Ongar
OS grid reference
TL 551 032
Coordinates
51.70628, 0.24472
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an outbuilding, formerly a stable with a dovecote, dating from the 19th century. It is timber framed and weatherboarded, featuring a hipped roof covered in red pantiles, with extensions on both the left and right sides. The building has two storeys, which include a 12-hole dovecote, a loft door, and a small window on the first floor. On the right side, there are three small windows, a stable door, and a boarded-up carriage opening.

Local climate

Outbuilding to Rear of Little Bensons 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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