Hart House is a Grade II listed building in the Redbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1979. Hospital. 2 related planning applications.
Hart House
- WRENN ID
- sunken-pedestal-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Redbridge
- Constituency
- Chingford and Woodford Green MP: Sir Iain Duncan Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1979
- Type
- Hospital
- Address
- Hart House, High Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 403 921
- Coordinates
- 51.6107, 0.0253
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hart House is an early 19th-century building, dating from 1816, now serving as a hospital. It stands three storeys tall, constructed of stucco, and features a symmetrical arrangement of windows with two sets of two and three sash windows. The central section is recessed and includes a one-storey Ionic portico with six columns, positioned between the wings. There are double bands above the ground floor, a cornice, and a blocking course, with a hipped slate roof. The garden front has a slightly projecting central section topped by a pediment.
Inside, the entrance hall contains a small staircase in the Wyatt style, featuring iron balusters with lead enrichment. There are painted and gilded cornices, which are also found in other areas of the building.
Historically, the original Hart House, known as Harts, was built in 1617 by Sir Richard Handforth, who was the Master of the Wardrobe to James I. Arthur Onslow, the Speaker of the House in the first half of the 18th century, was born here. The property later belonged to the Warner family, including Richard Warner, a noted naturalist who published "Plantae Woodfordiensis" in 1771.
Local climate
Hart 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.
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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 — 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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