Former Stables to Former Green Dragon Hotel Former Stables to Former Green Dragon Hotel (Green Dragon Hotel Not Included) is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. Stable. 5 related planning applications.
Former Stables to Former Green Dragon Hotel Former Stables to Former Green Dragon Hotel (Green Dragon Hotel Not Included)
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-facade-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Stable
- Address
- Former Stables to Former Green Dragon Hotel Former Stables to Former Green Dragon Hotel (Green Dragon Hotel Not Included), Maidenhead Street, Hertford
- OS grid reference
- TL 325 125
- Coordinates
- 51.79609, -0.0788
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Former stables and bonded vaults, now converted to shops, offices, and a cellar bar. Constructed circa 1903-4, with later 20th-century alterations, the building was designed by James Farley. It is built of bronze brick with terracotta dressings and ornament, and has a clay tiled roof with 20th-century rooflights. Originally built as stabling for the former Green Dragon Hotel at numbers 31 and 33 Maidenhead Street, it shares a similar stylistic character with that hotel.
The exterior is two storeys and features a large, blank facade with a Dutch gable facing the street. A tall parapet is present, with terracotta pilasters, finials and copings. The ground floor has a brick plinth, blank arches, a terracotta band, and a large terracotta panel with raised lettering reading 'McMullen & Sons Ltd, Wine and Spirit Merchants. Proprietors of Bonded Vaults. Offices Mill Bridge'. To the right is a recessed doorway with 20th-century glazed doors and a raised surround containing a recessed panel and inscription 'Entrance to Vaults'. A moulded cornice sits at the first floor level, above which is a full-width terracotta panel within a raised frame with a ramped top and the inscription 'Green Dragon Hotel. Catering for large and small parties. Accommodation for Motorists and Cyclists. Good stabling and Motor Pit'.
The long north facade, constructed of orange brick, has a utilitarian character and faces the former Green Dragon yard. The ground floor was converted to shops in 1974, with a single-storey return added along the eastern side of the yard. The first-floor stable loft has five wooden sash windows with glazing bars, recessed within brick reveals.
The interior was altered during conversion and has not been inspected. The building forms part of a significant street frontage group.
Local climate
Former Stables to Former Green Dragon Hotel Former Stables to Former Green Dragon Hotel (Green Dragon Hotel Not Included) 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 8 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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