Walls to walled gardens south-east of Balls Park Mansion is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 April 1973. Walled gardens.

Walls to walled gardens south-east of Balls Park Mansion

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 April 1973
Type
Walled gardens
Address
Walls to walled gardens south-east of Balls Park Mansion, Hertford
OS grid reference
TL 336 119
Coordinates
51.78984, -0.06375
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The walls to the walled gardens located southeast of Balls Park Mansion are early 18th century structures, with alterations and repairs made in the 19th and 20th centuries. They are constructed of red brick laid in Flemish bond, topped with Portland stone copings and finials on the piers.

The site consists of two square enclosures. The piers feature moulded stone copings with ogee caps and ball finials. In the west wall of the south garden, there are wrought-iron gates with 19th-century scrollwork. The north garden has a section of lowered wall in the center of the north side, which includes ramped brick coping, brick piers with stone caps, and carved urns on pedestals, along with timber battened gates that have carved scroll tops. A gardener's cottage from the 18th century is situated along the northeast run of the east wall of the north garden.

The south garden features arched openings with stone impost blocks, double header red brick arches, and stone keyblocks inscribed with the words 'Nan's Garden'. It also has battened oak doors with wrought-iron strap hinges and timber pergolas supported on brick piers with stone caps inside each doorway.

Historically, the gardens at Balls Park were restored at the turn of the 20th century by Sir George Faudel-Phillips, who acquired the property in 1901 but had been leasing it since the 1880s.

Local climate

Walls to walled gardens south-east of Balls Park Mansion 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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