Greylands is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1952. House.

Greylands

WRENN ID
veiled-column-meadow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Epping Forest
Constituency
Brentwood and Ongar MP: Alex Burghart (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 August 1952
Type
House
Address
Greylands, 159, High Street, Ongar, CM5 9JD
OS grid reference
TL 552 029
Coordinates
51.70415, 0.24537
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Greylands is a house, now partially used as a surgery, built around 1834 by J. Berry to the design of T.M. Baynes. The building is constructed of gault brick and features stucco bands, rusticated quoins, and ashlar panelling on the ground floor. It has two storeys and a projecting, moulded cornice above a plain parapet. The façade includes a five-window range of small-paned, double-hung sashes set in moulded surrounds, complete with a frieze and a small canopy; the central window is topped with a moulded pediment. The ground floor has a matching four-window range that is recessed and supported by brackets underneath. A central panelled door is framed by a moulded surround and topped with a light above. The entrance is accentuated by a heavy porch featuring Tuscan columns and pilasters with moulded bases, a plain frieze, and a cornice. The house has four gault brick chimney stacks. Additionally, there are 19th-century cast iron cross-braced panel railings extending to the left and right of the porch, leading to the return walls.

Local climate

Greylands 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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