Essex House and Arnoside House is a Grade II* listed building in the Enfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 June 1950. A C18 House.

Essex House and Arnoside House

WRENN ID
rusted-thatch-larch
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Enfield
Constituency
Southgate and Wood Green MP: Bambos Charalambous (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 June 1950
Type
House
Address
Essex House and Arnoside House, 4 and 5, the Green N14
OS grid reference
TQ 298 934
Coordinates
51.62513, -0.12596
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Essex House and Arnoside House are an early 18th-century pair of buildings, each standing three storeys high with a basement and featuring three windows. They are constructed of light red brick and have a modillioned cornice made of bright red brick, topped with a parapet. The buildings have rusticated brick quoins and gauged segmental brick arches above the sash windows, which include glazing bars. Access is provided by four stone steps with wrought iron handrails leading to paired doors that have eight panels (now top glazed) framed by moulded architraves. Carved consoles support cornice hoods that are broken back in the centre. Essex House and Arnoside House form a group with the nearby Essex Coach House, Arnoside Cottage, and the forecourt railings and gates.

Local climate

Essex House and Arnoside 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 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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.

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