Amwell Place is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 April 1988. House.

Amwell Place

WRENN ID
deep-obsidian-autumn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
Broxbourne MP: Lewis Cocking (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 April 1988
Type
House
Address
Amwell Place, Downfield Road, Hertford Heath, SG13 7RZ
OS grid reference
TL 351 119
Coordinates
51.78947, -0.04123
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Amwell Place is a house dating from the late 18th century, with a rear wing from the early 19th century and a low rear extension added in the 20th century. It is constructed of yellow brick and features hipped slate roofs. The house is three storeys tall with a cellar and is three windows wide, set back from the road and facing east. The two-storey, two-window wide rear wing is flush with the south end of the house, and there is a single-storey building at its west end with a gable chimney, along with a low infill in the rear angle.

The symmetrical east front has a parapet and flat gauged arches over recessed sash windows with three panes each. There is a central circular gauged window on the second floor, a pointed central window with Gothick Y-tracery, and an unusual projecting square porch featuring an entablature and pilasters at the wall, which are supported by four clustered Gothic shafts with Corinthian caps. The entrance includes a six-panel, half-glazed door.

Inside, the original staircase is located at the first floor rear, featuring a column newel and a moulded handrail that leads up to the second floor. There is also a carved four-panel door and a wood chimneypiece on the second floor.

Local climate

Amwell Place 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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