Earl of Essex Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Newham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1984. Public house. 6 related planning applications.

Earl of Essex Public House

WRENN ID
drifting-loggia-candle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newham
Constituency
East Ham MP: Sir Stephen Timms (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 October 1984
Type
Public house
Address
Earl of Essex Public House, 616, Romford Road E12, E12 5AF
OS grid reference
TQ 420 854
Coordinates
51.55037, 0.0475
Source
Historic England listing

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

Description

The Earl of Essex Public House is a public house built in 1902, located on the corner of High Street North and Romford Road in Manor Park, E12. Designed in a Free Classical style by architects Henry Poston and W E Trent, the building features red brick and painted stone stucco, with red and grey polished granite on the pilastered ground storey. It has a slated mansard roof and stands two and a half storeys tall. The central entrance on High Street North is bowed and topped with a scrolled broken pediment, which includes cherubs. An octagonal corner tower with a dome and spire adds to its distinctive appearance. The building also has paired attic windows with central chimney stacks and an oriel window to the right on Romford Road, which is adorned with an octagonal turret and a tented spire. The interior has not been seen.

Local climate

Earl of Essex Public 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 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • Related listed building consents — 6 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Coronation Cinema Now Snooker Hall Grade II 42 m
  2. World War II Commemorative Monument at Manor Park Cemetery Grade II 363 m
  3. The Manor House Grade II 456 m
  4. Roman Catholic Church of St Nicholas and boundary wall Grade II 459 m
  5. Public Library Grade II 531 m
  6. The John Travers Cornwell VC Memorial and Family Grave Marker Grade II 740 m
  7. Monument at South End of Axis at South End of Axis South from Columbarium and Non Conformist Chapel at City of London Cemetery Grade II 770 m
  8. South Chapel at City of London Cemetery Grade II 827 m
  9. Church of St Mary the Virgin Grade I 859 m
  10. Main Entrance Screen and Lodges City of London Cemetery Grade II 894 m