The Organ House at North East Corner of Garden at the Bury at Grid Reference Tl 1901 2213 is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1968. Garden building.
The Organ House at North East Corner of Garden at the Bury at Grid Reference Tl 1901 2213
- WRENN ID
- salt-panel-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 May 1968
- Type
- Garden building
- Address
- The Organ House at North East Corner of Garden at the Bury at Grid Reference Tl 1901 2213, St. Paul's Walden
- OS grid reference
- TL 190 221
- Coordinates
- 51.88505, -0.27224
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Organ House is a garden building located at the northeast corner of the garden at The Bury, dating from the early 18th century. The year '1735' is carved in brick at the rear, indicating it was built for Mary Gilbert. It is constructed of sandy red brick in Flemish bond, with darker red dressings and quoins, and features a Portland stone band along with moulded stone steps and landings on three sides. The building has a pyramidal scalloped slate roof topped with a restored pineapple finial.
This octagonal structure has a blind recess on the north side and glazed doors on the south, east, and west sides. The corners are reserved, with moulded brick round arches leading to round-headed windows that contain small-pane sashes with radial bars in the heads. The door openings are similar, with the door aligned with the lower sash. The building has a moulded brick offset to a low plinth, a plain stone band at sill level, and a moulded stone impost band. The eaves cornice is wooden and modillioned. Inside, there is a simple plaster dome with a cornice at the impost level, a moulded dado and skirting, and a blind recess on the north side. This building serves as an important axial feature in the garden, situated at the junction of two alleys.
Local climate
The Organ House at North East Corner of Garden at the Bury at Grid Reference Tl 1901 2213 sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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