Stocks in Churchyard 23 Metres West of Tower is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. Stocks.
Stocks in Churchyard 23 Metres West of Tower
- WRENN ID
- grim-plinth-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Broxbourne MP: Lewis Cocking (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Stocks
- OS grid reference
- TL 371 125
- Coordinates
- 51.79454, -0.01268
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The village stocks, located in the churchyard 23 metres west of the tower in Great Amwell, are likely from the 17th or 18th century and made of oak. They consist of two tall rectangular end posts, each about 1.5 metres high, capped in lead with tapering oak supports bolted to the front and rear narrow faces. Each post features a central rectangular slot from ground level, half a metre high, designed to hold two horizontal oak timbers with semi-circular notches on opposing edges to secure the legs. The upper timber is broken into two pieces, while the lower one is decayed but complete. The stocks were recorded as being replaced in their original position by R W Mylne during Queen Victoria's Jubilee in 1887 and were moved to the churchyard from behind the George IV Public House in the 1920s. They are part of a picturesque group within the churchyard.
Local climate
Stocks in Churchyard 23 Metres West of Tower 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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