Hitch Brick Wall at Buckland Bury (On Roadside Extending North from Bury Weir Lake) is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1984. Wall.
Hitch Brick Wall at Buckland Bury (On Roadside Extending North from Bury Weir Lake)
- WRENN ID
- night-joist-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 1984
- Type
- Wall
- Address
- Hitch Brick Wall at Buckland Bury (On Roadside Extending North from Bury Weir Lake), High Road (A10)
- OS grid reference
- TL 356 336
- Coordinates
- 51.98468, -0.02666
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hitch brick wall at Buckland Bury, located on the roadside extending north from Bury Weir Lake, is an early 19th-century frontage wall. It is constructed of Hitch's patent bricks, which are buff in color. The wall stands about 2 meters tall and features five triangular front buttresses and rounded copings, all made of patent brickwork. In 1828, Caleb Hitch of Ware patented these hollow interlocking oversize bricks, measuring approximately 12 inches by 6 inches by 6 inches, which reduced the need for mortar and enhanced structural strength. While primarily distributed around Ware, these bricks were also used further north along the A10, which was formerly a Turnpike Road.
Local climate
Hitch Brick Wall at Buckland Bury (On Roadside Extending North from Bury Weir Lake) 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 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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