Lockers is a Grade II* listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1948. A C18 Country house. 3 related planning applications.

Lockers

WRENN ID
twelfth-joist-kestrel
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Dacorum
Constituency
Hemel Hempstead MP: David Taylor (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 June 1948
Type
Country house
Address
Lockers, Bury Hill, HP1 1SR
OS grid reference
TL 050 075
Coordinates
51.75682, -0.47958
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lockers is a country house dating from the 16th century and late 18th century, currently used by a school. The rainwater head is dated 1800 and features the initials 1C. The south block, which is from the 16th century and altered in the 19th century, has a red brick front and a tiled roof with ornamental bargeboards on two gables. It is two storeys high and has two flush lattice casement windows beneath drip moulds. There is a rebuilt chimneystack with clustered diagonal shafts.

The late 18th century north block has an unpainted stucco front with a parapet that masks the roof. This block is also two storeys tall and features end pilasters and a reeded band at the eaves level. It has eight sash windows with glazing bars set in reveals, and a half-glazed two-fold door with marginal lights and a wide semi-circular traceried fanlight. The Doric porch includes two fluted columns, two similar half columns, an open pediment with a mutule cornice, and a coffered soffit.

The interior retains several original features, including chimneypieces, cornice mouldings, a staircase with wrought iron railings, a moulded handrail, and cut spandrels. In recent years, the house was home to Sir William Hart, who served as Clerk to the Greater London Council.

Local climate

Lockers 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 14 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 3 applications
  • 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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