The Old House is a Grade II listed building in the Harrow local planning authority area, England. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Old House
- WRENN ID
- half-transept-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harrow
- Constituency
- Harrow West MP: Gareth Thomas (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old House, 5, High Street, HA1 3HP
- OS grid reference
- TQ 153 872
- Coordinates
- 51.57234, -0.33748
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old House, located at No. 5 High Street in Harrow-on-the-Hill, is a building dating from the 17th and 18th centuries, which incorporates elements of an earlier structure. It stands three storeys tall, with a ground floor finished in stucco and a firm brick floor that overhangs. The second floor is tile hung and also features an overhanging design. The building is topped with three gables. Notable architectural details include a wooden cornice above the ground floor and a wooden bracketed cornice above the first floor.
Local climate
The Old House 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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