Gardener's Cottage in walled gardens south east of Balls Park Mansion is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Gardener's Cottage in walled gardens south east of Balls Park Mansion

WRENN ID
deep-rood-furze
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Cottage
Address
Gardener's Cottage in walled gardens south east of Balls Park Mansion, Hertford, SG13 8QE
OS grid reference
TL 336 119
Coordinates
51.79008, -0.06341
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Gardener's Cottage is located in the walled gardens southeast of Balls Park Mansion. This cottage dates from the 18th century and has been altered in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of red brick laid in Flemish bond and features a hipped roof covered with old tiles. The first floor has mansard slopes that are hung with early 20th-century fishscale tiles.

The cottage is two storeys high and includes two dormers on the roof, each with Gothick-headed two-light casements. There are also two similar windows on the ground floor. The cottage is positioned astride the east wall of the north walled garden. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Gardener's Cottage in walled gardens south east of Balls Park Mansion sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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