146 and 148, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1967. Shop. 4 related planning applications.

146 and 148, High Street

WRENN ID
peeling-postern-sparrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Epping Forest
Constituency
Brentwood and Ongar MP: Alex Burghart (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 February 1967
Type
Shop
Address
146 and 148, High Street, Ongar
OS grid reference
TL 552 029
Coordinates
51.70395, 0.24583
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

This shop building at 146 and 148 High Street, Ongar, dates primarily from the 17th century, with alterations in the 18th and later centuries. The South wing is timber-framed and plastered, featuring a red plain tile roof with two 19th-century dormers. These dormers contain small-paned, vertical sliding sash windows. The building is two storeys high with attics. The first floor has a two-window range of small-paned, vertical sliding sash windows, each with a moulded canopy. A 19th-century two-bay shop front is present, constructed with cast iron vent strips, bracketed corners, and mullions. A central glazed door provides access, and a central red brick chimney stack is visible.

Local climate

146 and 148, High Street 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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  • Sale history — 6 transactions since 1999
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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  • 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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