Garden Seat About 50 Metres South East of Queen Hoo Hall is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1986. Garden seat.
Garden Seat About 50 Metres South East of Queen Hoo Hall
- WRENN ID
- drifting-pediment-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1986
- Type
- Garden seat
- OS grid reference
- TL 278 160
- Coordinates
- 51.82873, -0.14543
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The garden seat located about 50 meters southeast of Queen Hoo Hall is likely from the early 18th century. It is made of ashlar stone and features a timber seat. The bench is large and curved with a high back. The ends of the seat are adorned with carved scrolled and foliate lion's paws. This structure is included for its group value with Queen Hoo Hall.
Local climate
Garden Seat About 50 Metres South East of Queen Hoo Hall 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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