Forecourt Walls and Gate Piers to South of Quendon Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1967. A Early Modern Walls and gate piers. 1 related planning application.
Forecourt Walls and Gate Piers to South of Quendon Hall
- WRENN ID
- deep-courtyard-wren
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1967
- Type
- Walls and gate piers
- Period
- Early Modern
- Address
- Forecourt Walls and Gate Piers to South of Quendon Hall, Quendon and Rickling, CB11 3XN
- OS grid reference
- TL 515 318
- Coordinates
- 51.96405, 0.20397
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
To the south of Quendon Hall, there is a hexagonal forecourt surrounded by 17th century brick walls that feature stone dressings. The central section includes gate piers topped with moulded caps and ball finials. Each side section has an arched alcove with a gabled pediment.
Local climate
Forecourt Walls and Gate Piers to South of Quendon Hall 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 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% 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 0.4°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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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