Whipping post about 20m north of No. 15, Datchworth Green is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1986. Whipping post.
Whipping post about 20m north of No. 15, Datchworth Green
- WRENN ID
- narrow-ledge-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Stevenage MP: Kevin Bonavia (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1986
- Type
- Whipping post
- OS grid reference
- TL 268 182
- Coordinates
- 51.84846, -0.15947
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The structure is a former whipping post located about 20 meters north of No. 15 on Datchworth Green. It dates from the 17th century and is made of timber, standing approximately 2 meters high and set in a concrete base topped with a pyramidal metal cap. On one side of the post, there are rough iron handcuffs shaped like an "M". A plaque attached to the post states, "This whipping post was last known to be used on July 27, 1665 when two vagabonds were publicly flogged here." The post is surrounded by a circular railed enclosure. No. 15 is not listed.
Local climate
Whipping post about 20m north of No. 15, Datchworth Green sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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