Former north west service and kitchen wing to Balls Park Mansion is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. A Georgian Service wing. 1 related planning application.

Former north west service and kitchen wing to Balls Park Mansion

WRENN ID
riven-jade-hawthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Service wing
Period
Georgian
Address
Former north west service and kitchen wing to Balls Park Mansion, Hertford, SG13 8FJ
OS grid reference
TL 335 119
Coordinates
51.7907, -0.06563
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The former northwest service and kitchen wing of Balls Park Mansion is a service wing that has been converted into kitchens and staff bedrooms, and is now used as workshops with study bedrooms above. It dates from the 18th century and was altered in the early 20th century. The building is constructed of plum red brick laid in Flemish bond, featuring overburnt headers and orange dressings, topped with a Welsh slated hipped gambrel roof that has a moulded wooden eaves cornice.

The exterior is two storeys high with attics and has eight bays on the main facades. There are two large 18-pane sash windows on the left and right, framed by orange quoins and orange rubbed brick flat arches. The four central bays have altered openings with 20th-century small-paned wood casement windows on both the ground and first floors, which are complemented by herringbone brick nogging spandrels. A set of 20th-century double leaf doors is located in the third bay from the left. The roof features six box sash dormers with segmental tops and red brick chimneys topped with orange pots. The south elevation connects to the northwest wing of the main house at ground level on the right side. The short flank elevation has four bays and has been altered.

Inside, there is a newel stair with a close string, column and vase balusters, and a moulded handrail. The attics contain 18th-century four-panel doors and pegged king-post roof trusses.

Local climate

Former north west service and kitchen wing to 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2013
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Balls Park Grade I 52 m
  2. Screen and garden gate 40m west of Balls Park Mansion Grade II 55 m
  3. Walls to walled gardens south-east of Balls Park Mansion Grade II 161 m
  4. Gardener's Cottage in walled gardens south east of Balls Park Mansion Grade II 168 m
  5. Lodge and Attached Gates and Screen Walls Grade II 294 m
  6. Garden Wall to North of Jenningsbury Grade II 623 m
  7. Jenningsbury Grade II 636 m
  8. Pearson Memorial at All Saints Cemetery Grade II 715 m
  9. Churchfields Kindergarten Grade II 724 m
  10. Harrison Almshouses Grade II 751 m