The Village Lock-Up (Also Known As the Round House) is a Grade II listed building in the Hounslow local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1973. Lock-up. 3 related planning applications.
The Village Lock-Up (Also Known As the Round House)
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hounslow
- Constituency
- Feltham and Heston MP: Seema Malhotra (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 1973
- Type
- Lock-up
- Address
- The Village Lock-Up (Also Known As the Round House), High Street, TW5 9RJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 103 770
- Coordinates
- 51.48146, -0.41237
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Village Lock-up, also known as the Round House, is a circa 1838 brick building with a conical, rendered roof. It is circular in plan, approximately 12 feet in diameter, and originally comprised a single storey. A door is protected by iron plating. A two-light window is set within the wall reveal. The building’s historical use was to imprison footpads caught on Hounslow Heath during the 18th century.
Local climate
The Village Lock-Up (Also Known As the Round House) sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 — 6 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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