1, Essex Court EC4 is a Grade I listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 January 1950. A 1685 Building. 10 related planning applications.
1, Essex Court EC4
- WRENN ID
- brooding-latch-lake
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- City of London
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 January 1950
- Type
- Building
- Address
- 1, Essex Court EC4, City and County of the City of London, EC4Y 9AR
- OS grid reference
- TQ 311 810
- Coordinates
- 51.51272, -0.11175
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Essex Court, located in Middle Temple, was built in 1685 by Nicholas Barbon. This four-storey building is constructed of red brick and features a wooden eaves-cornice beneath a tiled roof. The entrance includes a doorway supported by brackets that hold up a broken segmental pediment. On the south side, there is a painted wooden sundial.
Local climate
1, Essex Court EC4 sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 10 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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