West House is a Grade II listed building in the Harlow local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1981. A Early C19 House. 3 related planning applications.
West House
- WRENN ID
- lost-nave-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harlow
- Constituency
- Harlow MP: Chris Vince (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1981
- Type
- House
- Address
- West House, Park Hill, CM17 0AE
- OS grid reference
- TL 470 115
- Coordinates
- 51.78293, 0.1299
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
West House is an early 19th century house. It is constructed of stock brick in a Flemish bond pattern, and is two storeys high. The roof is slated and hipped, with prominent eaves featuring acanthus scroll details. The first storey has three hornless sash windows, with small panes, the central window being round-headed. The front door has four panels, with a rectangular window above, set within a wide casing featuring a flat hood supported by acanthus brackets. Matching sash windows flank the entrance.
Local climate
West House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 4 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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