Dam and Cascade to Lake at Gilston Park 500 Metres South East of House is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. Garden feature.
Dam and Cascade to Lake at Gilston Park 500 Metres South East of House
- WRENN ID
- tenth-buttress-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Garden feature
- OS grid reference
- TL 445 126
- Coordinates
- 51.79386, 0.09435
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dam and cascade at Gilston Park, located 500 metres southeast of the house, were remodeled around 1851 by P C Hardwick for John Hodgson Esq. This structure is part of an early 19th-century ornamental lake within the park. The overflow in the center takes the form of a naturalistic waterfall cascading over a high cliff made of artificial stone, which is similar to the grotto added in 1887 by A W Blomfield for E S Bowlby Esq. The dam was later adapted to drive an electric turbine around 1902, with the foundations of the turbine located to the south of the cascade. This site is recognized as an important historic garden feature and represents an early use of artificial stonework, as well as a notable technological adaptation for generating electricity.
Local climate
Dam and Cascade to Lake at Gilston Park 500 Metres South East of House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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