Former Lodge to Christs Hospital School is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. Lodge.
Former Lodge to Christs Hospital School
- WRENN ID
- tenth-transept-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Lodge
- Address
- Former Lodge to Christs Hospital School, 131, Fore Street, Hertford
- OS grid reference
- TL 329 127
- Coordinates
- 51.79732, -0.07318
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former lodge to Christ's Hospital School, now used as offices, dates from the early 19th century and has undergone some alterations in the 20th century. It is constructed of red brick laid in Flemish bond, with the south wall partly refaced. The building features a Welsh slated hipped roof with lead roll hips and ridge, topped with a corbelled brick cornice. A central red brick chimney has oversailing courses and four pots, three of which are pale yellow with rim tops.
On the south elevation, there are late 20th century multi-pane wood sash windows on the first floor left-hand side and the ground floor right-hand side, both set under brick soldier arches. The centre of the first floor displays a carved Portland stone cartouche featuring the armorial bearings of the City of London. The east elevation has a blocked ground floor gatekeeper's doorway beneath a rubbed brick segmental arch, with a splayed corner and a single sash window on both the first and ground floors, also beneath rubbed segmental arches. There is a late 20th century gabled porch with a Welsh slated roof.
The interior has not been inspected. This building is included for its group value as part of the Christ's Hospital complex.
Local climate
Former Lodge to Christs Hospital School 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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