Dairy at East End of Upper Courtyard, Pishiobury Park is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1952. Dairy.
Dairy at East End of Upper Courtyard, Pishiobury Park
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-bailey-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 1952
- Type
- Dairy
- Address
- Dairy at East End of Upper Courtyard, Pishiobury Park, Pishiobury Drive, Sawbridgeworth, CM21 0AF
- OS grid reference
- TL 480 133
- Coordinates
- 51.79951, 0.14602
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dairy at the east end of the upper courtyard in Pishiobury Park dates from the 18th century. It is a tall, single-storey square building constructed of light red brick with a steep pyramid slate roof. The walls are 24 inches thick and feature fine red brick laid in Flemish bond, with gauged arches, dentilled eaves, and a tall terra cotta chimney shaft located in the middle of the south wall. The chimney has a diaper pattern on its circular shaft, an octagonal base, and cap. Atop the roof is a small octagonal wooden lantern that is glazed only on the cardinal faces and has a wooden cornice.
Inside, the building has a flat coved ceiling with a central oculus and decorative features in the upper parts of the walls. The north wall contains three three-centred arches, while the east wall has three segmental-headed windows, two of which are likely modern. There is also a chimney on the south wall. The interior features a bold round-nosed impost moulding to the cove. The dairy is currently used as a shower room.
Local climate
Dairy at East End of Upper Courtyard, Pishiobury Park 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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