Kingsmoor House is a Grade II* listed building in the Harlow local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1981. House. 5 related planning applications.

Kingsmoor House

WRENN ID
pitched-brick-river
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Harlow
Constituency
Harlow MP: Chris Vince (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1981
Type
House
Address
Kingsmoor House, Paringdon Road, CM18 7QT
OS grid reference
TL 438 077
Coordinates
51.74968, 0.08299
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Kingsmoor House is a late 19th-century building that was rebuilt from an 18th-century house. The south elevation, which is the most impressive, features two storeys and is finished in stucco, with a parapet surrounding a curved bay window that faces west. The roof is covered with peg tiles and has two tall, elegant red brick chimneys. Behind the parapet, there are three dormers with curved tops, each containing pairs of small-paned casements. Below, an eaves-band supports a row of five small-paned hornless sash windows. The ground floor includes a semi-hexagonal bay window topped with a copper-clad double ogee roof and full-height small-paned casements, flanked by two matching sashes.

The west front is U-shaped, featuring two curved bays on the left and right, each with coped parapets and three small-paned hornless sashes on both storeys. Between these bays stands an Ionic portico with two columns and a fretted balustrade at the first-floor level. The east front is essentially H-shaped, with two storeys and attics, and numerous dormers of various shapes, all fitted with small-paned hornless sashes. Centrally located in a recess is a Neo-Classical porch, which is semi-hexagonal in shape and topped with a broken swan-necked pediment. Inside, there are some wide panelled 18th-century door leaves and a well-crafted dog-legged hardwood staircase with a handrail.

Local climate

Kingsmoor House 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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