96, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1984. A C18 Consulting rooms, dwelling.
96, High Street
- WRENN ID
- western-bronze-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Epping Forest
- Constituency
- Brentwood and Ongar MP: Alex Burghart (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 April 1984
- Type
- Consulting rooms, dwelling
- Address
- 96, High Street, Ongar
- OS grid reference
- TL 552 028
- Coordinates
- 51.70282, 0.24507
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 96 High Street is a Grade II listed building, originally serving as consulting rooms and formerly as dwellings or a workplace. It dates from the 18th century or earlier. This long, low, single-storey structure features a half-hipped roof facing High Street and follows the line of the outer defences of Ongar Castle. The building is timber-framed and plastered, showcasing panel decoration and some brickwork. It has a red pantile roof and a central glazed door flanked by sidelights, with a flat canopy and brackets above. A red brick chimney stack adds to its character. This building is noted for its unusual and attractive design.
Local climate
96, 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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