Garden Wall at Garden Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Broxbourne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 November 1983. Garden wall.

Garden Wall at Garden Cottage

WRENN ID
secret-landing-burdock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Broxbourne
Constituency
Broxbourne MP: Lewis Cocking (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 November 1983
Type
Garden wall
Address
Garden Wall at Garden Cottage, Church Lane
OS grid reference
TL 354 057
Coordinates
51.73409, -0.03946
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The garden wall at Garden Cottage is a large structure made of red and brown brick, dating from the 18th century. It was formerly part of the kitchen garden of Wormleybury. The wall stands between 3 and 5 metres high and connects the west and east sides of Garden Cottage, enclosing the rear garden in a square layout.

Local climate

Garden Wall at Garden Cottage 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 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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