Stables at Bayfordbury 220 metres to west south west of mansion is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 October 1952. Stables. 3 related planning applications.
Stables at Bayfordbury 220 metres to west south west of mansion
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 October 1952
- Type
- Stables
- OS grid reference
- TL 313 103
- Coordinates
- 51.77675, -0.09722
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stables at Bayfordbury, located 220 meters to the west-southwest of the mansion, were built around 1812 for William Baker II MP, likely designed by Francis Aldhouse. The structure features white brick, which appears in shades of salmon and yellow, along with uncoursed knapped flint panels in the screen wall and a low-pitched hipped roof covered with graduated slates.
The stables are arranged around a square stone-paved courtyard, with two-storey buildings on the north, east, and south sides, and a two-meter-high wall on the west side. This wall is punctuated by six wide flint-panelled piers topped with stone copings, and there is a wrought iron gate in a narrow central entrance between two of the piers. The east range includes an entrance carriageway at the north, four pairs of double doors set in segmental arched recesses for coach and carriage houses, and a round-arched entrance leading to the stairway for the upper floor. The first floor features a central circular blind recess and three recessed sash windows on each side, each with eight panes. The north and south wings have round-arched recesses with small-paned windows and flush-bead panelled doors leading to stables on the north and stable cottages on the south. The south wing has more typical fenestration for cottages. The formal west front facing the rose garden displays flint panels in the screen wall, a large round-headed recess between corner pilasters at the west ends of the north and south ranges, and false recessed sash windows with eight panes centrally located on the first floor above.
Local climate
Stables at Bayfordbury 220 metres to west south west of 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction 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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