Gatehouse to Hilfield Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Hertsmere local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1984. Gatehouse.
Gatehouse to Hilfield Castle
- WRENN ID
- rough-screen-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hertsmere
- Constituency
- Hertsmere MP: Sir Oliver Dowden (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 June 1984
- Type
- Gatehouse
- Address
- Gatehouse to Hilfield Castle, Hilfield Lane, Aldenham
- OS grid reference
- TQ 152 962
- Coordinates
- 51.65299, -0.33602
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gatehouse to Hilfield Castle was built around 1798-1799 by Jeffry Wyatt for G. Villiers. It is constructed of rendered brick and features a roof that is not visible. The design is in a picturesque Gothick style and consists of two storeys. The main entrance has a Tudor arch with a hood mould and portcullis, accompanied by an octagonal corner tower on the left that includes machicolations. To the right is a three-storey square-fronted section of the gatehouse. The first floor has sash windows, while the second floor features lancet windows, some of which are blind. All windows are topped with crenellated parapets. Above the gate, there is a statue set under a hood mould on a corbelled base. To the left, there is a wing wall and an octagonal pier. There have been additions to the rear of the structure, but the interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Gatehouse to Hilfield Castle 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 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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