Ashwell Bury is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 June 1952. A Early 20th century Country house.
Ashwell Bury
- WRENN ID
- fallen-brick-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 June 1952
- Type
- Country house
- Period
- Early 20th century
- Address
- Ashwell Bury, Mill Street
- OS grid reference
- TL 265 400
- Coordinates
- 52.04416, -0.15545
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ashwell Bury is a small country house built in the early 19th century, with extensions added in the late 19th century. It was altered and extended by Sir Edwin Lutyens between 1922 and 1926. The house is constructed of white brick, rendered in white cement, with stone quoins and a floor band. It features a slate hipped roof and has four red brick chimney stacks dressed with stone. The building stands two storeys tall and has five sash windows.
The central entrance is framed by a Doric style doorcase that includes a segmental open pediment and fluted consoles, above which is a triple sash window. To the left, there is a single-storey addition that has stone corner pilasters and a moulded stone cornice, along with a triple sash window and lead urns. The rear elevation displays a blank Tuscan Serliana motif. The house features a deep eaves soffit with a moulded architrave.
Inside, there is a large square staircase hall that is illuminated by an octagonal dome. The upper walls have glazing bar casements on each side, with mirrors in the rear ones. The front left room includes panelling and a notable classical fireplace designed by Lutyens, with another Lutyens fireplace located in the rear left room.
Local climate
Ashwell Bury 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 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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