Landguard on Hillside to South, Drive Beside Number 90 is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1981. House.
Landguard on Hillside to South, Drive Beside Number 90
- WRENN ID
- errant-gravel-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 October 1981
- Type
- House
- Address
- Landguard on Hillside to South, Drive Beside Number 90, Station Road, Sawbridgeworth
- OS grid reference
- TL 485 150
- Coordinates
- 51.8143, 0.15349
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Landguard is an 18th-century building that was remodeled as a Regency cottage ornée in the early 19th century. It is constructed of stucco and features a steep slate roof. The entrance front faces north and consists of two storeys with three windows. A central sash window above the porch has six-over-six panes, while the flanking sash windows have ten-over-ten panes. All first-floor windows are adorned with cast iron anthemion and basketwork plant holders on the sills.
The porch is enclosed and has a gabled design with scalloped slates, leaded light lancets, and a Gothic pierced bargeboard. The door is flanked by applied trellis with spearhead pilasters. The eastern end, which faces the approach, has a faceted hipped roof and a faceted bay with an eight-over-eight pane sash window on the first floor. Below this bay is a three-light semicircular pilastrade with three glazed openings and a continuous curving entablature, with the center opening featuring French doors.
Along the southern front, there is a lean-to vine house or conservatory. A higher tower is located at the northwest corner, which includes a three-sided oriel with a scalloped tile roof on the eastern face. This house was associated with Thomas Rivers in the first half of the 19th century, while Bonks Hill became the residence of Thomas Rivers junior. It was named 'Hamptons' on the Ordnance Survey map from 1879.
Local climate
Landguard on Hillside to South, Drive Beside Number 90 sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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