The Hermitage is a Grade II listed building in the Epsom and Ewell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1974. House.
The Hermitage
- WRENN ID
- open-cornice-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Epsom and Ewell
- Constituency
- Epsom and Ewell MP: Helen Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 March 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Hermitage, Church Street
- OS grid reference
- TQ 212 606
- Coordinates
- 51.3322, -0.26123
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hermitage is a building dating from the 17th to 18th century, located on Church Street in Epsom. It is two storeys high and features roughcast walls with three widely spaced casement windows. There is a central porch that is a mix of 19th century and modern design, supported by posts and covered with tiles. The roof is made of old tiles and is hipped to the right, with a central square chimney stack and tall brick stacks on the sides.
Local climate
The Hermitage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1999
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