Wythams is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1984. House. 2 related planning applications.
Wythams
- WRENN ID
- solemn-passage-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Epping Forest
- Constituency
- Brentwood and Ongar MP: Alex Burghart (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Wythams, Chelmsford Road, High Ongar, CM5 9NX
- OS grid reference
- TL 586 036
- Coordinates
- 51.70954, 0.29502
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wythams is a house dating from the mid 16th century, or possibly earlier. It is timber-framed, with plaster infill to the walls and sections covered in red tile hanging, and has a red plain tile roof. The house is two storeys high and follows a three-bay and chimney-bay plan, with the possibility of an earlier crosswing projecting at the west end. It has a three-window facade featuring 19th and 20th century casement windows. A 16th century red brick chimney stack is present, along with 18th century red brick and wall chimney stacks. Extensions were added to the rear of the house in the 17th century and later.
Local climate
Wythams 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 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2011
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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