Nursey Gardens Wall is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1986. Garden wall.
Nursey Gardens Wall
- WRENN ID
- other-doorway-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1986
- Type
- Garden wall
- Address
- Nursey Gardens Wall, Hertingfordbury
- OS grid reference
- TL 276 123
- Coordinates
- 51.79553, -0.14994
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Nursery Gardens Wall is located at the Panshanger Estate and dates from the early 18th century, likely built for the 1st Earl Cowper when the house was situated nearby at Cole Green Park. The wall is constructed of red brick in English bond and has a hexagonal shape, enclosing an area approximately 100 meters by 60 meters.
On the shorter eastern and western ends, there are arched gateways featuring projecting surrounds, depressed arches with brick keys and impost blocks, and pedimental heads. On the northern long side, there is a similar opening with stock brick piers, an overgrown head, and small doors to the south. The walls rise to a height of 3 to 4 meters and are topped with tile coping. Small clasping buttresses are positioned at the angles, with intermediate buttresses along the long sides.
To the north and west, there are ornamental wrought iron gates adorned with scrolls and foliage, and the upper arches display radiating corkscrews.
Local climate
Nursey Gardens Wall 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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