Old Gaylors is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1967. House. 1 related planning application.

Old Gaylors

WRENN ID
scarred-courtyard-rain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1967
Type
House
Address
Old Gaylors, Aspenden Road, Westmill, SG9 9LB
OS grid reference
TL 367 271
Coordinates
51.92623, -0.01213
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Old Gaylors is a house located in Westmill village, dating from the 17th century or earlier. It features a timber frame construction with roughcast and a stucco plinth, topped with steep old red tile roofs. The building has a half-hip at the south end and is designed in a three-unit layout with a central chimney positioned a third of the way from the south end. There is a large internal gable chimney at the north end and a lower one-and-a-half storey half-hipped extension that includes a projecting gabled front wing at the north.

The front of the house has three large windows on the first floor, which are three-light flush small-paned casement windows. There are also three small leaded-glazed openings that appear to be for closets, which are mirrored on the ground floor. Here, a central panelled door with a 20th-century broad hood on pilasters has replaced the middle large window. Additionally, there is a four-light window similar to those on the main house located in the projecting gabled wing on the left.

Local climate

Old Gaylors 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 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2016
  • 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
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