Garden Wall, Gateposts and Gates Enclosing Front Garden at Harpenden Hall is a Grade II listed building in the St Albans local planning authority area, England. Garden wall, gate, gateposts. 10 related planning applications.
Garden Wall, Gateposts and Gates Enclosing Front Garden at Harpenden Hall
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-facade-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- St Albans
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Garden wall, gate, gateposts
- Address
- Garden Wall, Gateposts and Gates Enclosing Front Garden at Harpenden Hall, Southdown Road, Harpenden Town
- OS grid reference
- TL 135 140
- Coordinates
- 51.81392, -0.35395
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The garden wall, gateposts, and gates enclosing the front garden at Harpenden Hall date from the late 17th century. The wall is made of red brick and surrounds the front garden, being contemporary with the southern part of the house. It features a continuous plinth and has a stepped profile on the southern side, with original battered coping. The wall curves up to meet the gates on the left front. The gate piers are made of rubbed brick and are designed with chamfered rustication, along with moulded brick cornices and stone ball finials. There are plain piers on either side topped with simple scrolls. The wrought iron single gate is flanked by narrow screens, showcasing scrolled work with foliage detail. Additionally, there is a 19th-century overthrow and lamp holder.
Local climate
Garden Wall, Gateposts and Gates Enclosing Front Garden at Harpenden Hall sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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- Related listed building consents — 10 applications
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- 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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