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

Little Bensons

WRENN ID
tattered-foundation-cobweb
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Epping Forest
Constituency
Brentwood and Ongar MP: Alex Burghart (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 April 1984
Type
House
Address
Little Bensons, High Street, Ongar
OS grid reference
TL 552 032
Coordinates
51.70627, 0.24498
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Little Bensons is a pair of semi-detached houses built in the 19th century. They are constructed from gault brick and feature hipped roofs covered with grey slate. The buildings stand two storeys tall and have basements. The first floor has a range of four small paned, vertical sliding sash windows, each topped with gauged arches. On the ground floor, there are two central oriel windows with hipped roofs, pendants, and moulded soffits. The doors on the left and right sides are currently boarded up but originally had round-headed fanlights with glazing bars and matching stucco arches above them. These doors are accessed by steps that have elegant cast iron balusters and rails.

The left return extension is plastered and also two storeys high, featuring a parapet and a moulded cornice. It has three small paned vertical sliding sash windows with moulded surrounds. There is a moulded architrave and pediment above the door on the left side. The property is topped with two red brick chimney stacks, one with six fluted cream-colored chimney pots and the other with four, both adorned with acroterion. Additionally, there is a later extension at the rear of the building.

Local climate

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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