Bishops College (Borough of Broxbourne Community Services Department, Huntingdon Suite, Ingram House, Flats 1 and 2) is a Grade II listed building in the Broxbourne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1954. College. 4 related planning applications.
Bishops College (Borough of Broxbourne Community Services Department, Huntingdon Suite, Ingram House, Flats 1 and 2)
- WRENN ID
- scarred-step-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Broxbourne
- Constituency
- Broxbourne MP: Lewis Cocking (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1954
- Type
- College
- Address
- Bishops College (Borough of Broxbourne Community Services Department, Huntingdon Suite, Ingram House, Flats 1 and 2), Churchgate
- OS grid reference
- TL 349 023
- Coordinates
- 51.70384, -0.04796
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bishops College, located in Cheshunt, is an earlier 18th century and circa 1810 red brick structure that forms the front of a larger college built between 1870 and 1871 by architects Lander and Bedells. This larger section is constructed of yellow brick with stone and black and white cut-brick dressings, topped with slate roofs. The earlier 18th century block, which has four windows and is set back from the road, is two storeys tall and features chequered brickwork and a floor band. It has a cut bracketed door hood and an architrave surround, along with flush sash windows, some of which on the right side retain their original thick glazing bars.
The taller circa 1810 block projects to the south and includes two dummy windows, a brick modillion cornice, and a floor band, with the date 1746 noted on the rainwater head. The 1870-1 portion at the rear is arranged in a large L-plan and features a tall campanile bell tower at the southwest angle, which has a pyramid roof and projecting gablets supported by columns and adorned with gargoyles and cusped stone and wood ornaments. The entrance on the south side is framed by a semi-circular oriel window.
On the west side, there is a chapter-house-style building with decorated period Gothic windows. The east side presents a ten-window range in Venetian Gothic style, featuring two-window gabled end bays, flush stone floor bands, and black and white cut-brick sash window arches. Additionally, there are one-storey extensions from the 1930s on the east side. The west elevation is three storeys high and includes 6/6-pane sash windows on the ground and first floors.
Local climate
Bishops College (Borough of Broxbourne Community Services Department, Huntingdon Suite, Ingram House, Flats 1 and 2) 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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- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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