The Stocks and Whipping Post is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1952. Stocks, whipping post.
The Stocks and Whipping Post
- WRENN ID
- empty-portal-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dacorum
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1952
- Type
- Stocks, whipping post
- Address
- The Stocks and Whipping Post, Stocks Road, Aldbury
- OS grid reference
- SP 964 124
- Coordinates
- 51.80253, -0.60215
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Stocks and Whipping Post is a combined structure located on the west side of Stocks Road in Aldbury. It dates from the 17th century or earlier and has been repaired at the base of the posts. The construction features oak framing with wrought iron straps and fittings. The stocks consist of two horizontal planks with recesses along their meeting edges, supported above the ground in slots within two posts. The structure is oriented almost north-south along the axis of Stocks Road.
The taller southern part has a hinged iron strap on the east side, which includes two U-shaped curves to hold the right wrist at different heights. There was likely a corresponding strap on the west side in the past. Iron plates reinforce the post, which has chamfered edges and a shaped top. The shorter northern post also features similar plates and a shaped top. A heavy iron strap runs continuously over the upper movable plank, with cranked ends and a remaining staple for securing it in the closed position at the southern end.
Local climate
The Stocks and Whipping Post sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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