Old Council House is a Grade II listed building in the Harrow local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1982. A C20 Council house. 10 related planning applications.
Old Council House
- WRENN ID
- silent-rubblework-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harrow
- Constituency
- Harrow West MP: Gareth Thomas (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 1982
- Type
- Council house
- Address
- Old Council House, 90, High Street, HA1 3LP
- OS grid reference
- TQ 151 870
- Coordinates
- 51.57018, -0.34009
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Council House is a building of 1913, designed by Harry Prince, situated on the west side of High Street, Harrow-on-the-Hill. Constructed in red brick with stone dressings, it is designed in an 18th-century style. The building is symmetrical, with two storeys and four bays on the first floor and three bays on the ground floor. It features casement windows with mullions and transoms. Stone rustications and a cornice are prominent features, as is the tile roof topped with a large, louvred cupola. A central entrance is defined by a stone pilastered surround and a broken pediment.
Local climate
Old Council 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.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2017
- 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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