County End is a Grade II listed building in the Hertsmere local planning authority area, England. House. 5 related planning applications.

County End

WRENN ID
fading-entrance-auburn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Hertsmere
Constituency
Hertsmere MP: Sir Oliver Dowden (Con)
Country
England
Type
House
Address
County End, Magpie Hall Road, WD23 1NY
OS grid reference
TQ 154 940
Coordinates
51.63338, -0.33333
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

County End is an 18th-century building located on Magpie Hall Road in Bushey Heath. It is two storeys high and is likely covered in early 19th-century stucco. The façade features three sash windows and an impressive lead tented-roof verandah adorned with Chinese-style wooden trellis work. The building has French casements with margin glazing inside and a slate roof that includes gabled dormers. Shallow projecting wings were probably added around 1840 to 1850. The ground floor has one transmullioned casement, while the upper floor features paired sashes with a heavy bracketed cornice above. This property was formerly owned by Queen Adelaide as part of the Bentley Priory estate and was enlarged for her chaplain.

Local climate

County End 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 — 1 transaction since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 5 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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