Hailey House, at Haileybury and Imperial Service College 130 Metres East of Quad is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. School building, former private house. 2 related planning applications.

Hailey House, at Haileybury and Imperial Service College 130 Metres East of Quad

WRENN ID
riven-hall-sedge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
Broxbourne MP: Lewis Cocking (Con)
Country
England
Type
School building, former private house
Address
Hailey House, at Haileybury and Imperial Service College 130 Metres East of Quad, SG13 7NU
OS grid reference
TL 359 107
Coordinates
51.77848, -0.03062
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hailey House, located at Haileybury and Imperial Service College, is a school building that was originally a private house, built around 1720. A large dormitory wing was added in 1865 by Matthew Digby Wyatt, and the older part was altered in 1879. The building is constructed of red brick with red tiled gabled roofs and has an L-shaped layout with three storeys. The oldest section, situated at the angle, is a double pile plan 18th century house featuring parallel gabled roofs oriented east-west. The south front has four windows with sash windows, segmental arches, and a modular cornice. The entrance is located at the east end and dates from the early 19th century, with arches for cellar openings. A semi-circular attic window is present on the rear wing.

The large three-storey dormitory block, added to the west end, projects to the south to accommodate a tall entrance turret at the north angle. The open lower part features Venetian Gothic arches supported by a stout cast iron column with a stone tas-de-charge. There is an original wrought iron grille in a Gothic style, heavy brick corbelled eaves, stone floor bands, and a row of triangular gabled dormers. The dormitory has closely set sash windows, while the ground floor has larger, more widely spaced windows. The west gable chimney features stone corbelling. The rear wing, built in 1879, is simpler in design.

This house predates the college and was once the residence of Rev. T R Malthus when he was a professor at the East India College (Haileybury). It is noted that one of the first Wisterias in Britain was planted at Hailey House in the early 19th century. The building is part of a picturesque group of red brick structures located east of the main Quad.

Local climate

Hailey House, at Haileybury and Imperial Service College 130 Metres East of Quad sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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