Garden Wall at Thundridge House is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. Garden wall.
Garden Wall at Thundridge House
- WRENN ID
- rusted-pavement-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Garden wall
- Address
- Garden Wall at Thundridge House, Poles Lane, SG12 0SQ
- OS grid reference
- TL 353 167
- Coordinates
- 51.83276, -0.03676
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The garden wall at Thundridge House is a structure dating from around 1855, built using Hitch's patent bricks. It forms a sub-rectangular walled garden situated between the house and the road, enclosed on all four sides by a shoulder-height wall. The wall features triangular buttresses at intervals and square gatepiers located in the middle of the side closest to the house. This wall is particularly notable for its use of various types of large bricks patented by Caleb Hitch of Ware in 1828, which measure approximately 12 inches by 6 inches by 6 inches. Each brick has flanges and cavities that interlock, which helps to reduce the amount of mortar needed and enhances the wall's structural strength. These bricks are primarily found in the vicinity of Ware.
Local climate
Garden Wall at Thundridge House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- 4 Former Boundary Wall of Highcliffe Castle Along Lymington Road (From Opposite Nea Road to Former Lodges - with Gap at Entrance to Rothesay Drive)
- 5 Garden Walls, Hitcham Park Cottage
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