Walls, South Gate, and Sundial at the Walled Garden at Hamels Park (To North West of Mansion) is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 July 1976. Garden structure. 3 related planning applications.
Walls, South Gate, and Sundial at the Walled Garden at Hamels Park (To North West of Mansion)
- WRENN ID
- plain-gateway-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 July 1976
- Type
- Garden structure
- Address
- Walls, South Gate, and Sundial at the Walled Garden at Hamels Park (To North West of Mansion), Hamels Lane, Braughing, SG9 9NA
- OS grid reference
- TL 374 246
- Coordinates
- 51.90316, -0.00366
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The site comprises 17th-century walls, an 18th-century gateway, and an 18th or 19th-century sundial, all within the walled garden at Hamels Park, situated to the northwest of the mansion. The red brick walls stand approximately 3 metres high and enclose a rectangular garden of around 4.75 hectares. A gateway is set into the middle of the south wall, featuring a segmental arch with a projecting gauged brick 'keystone' and wrought iron double gates. Centrally within the garden stands a Portland stone sundial, consisting of a baluster-shaped column mounted on a square plinth, and surmounted by a circular bronze dial.
Local climate
Walls, South Gate, and Sundial at the Walled Garden at Hamels Park (To North West of Mansion) 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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