Childwick Bury Manor, Including Former Stable Ranges is a Grade II listed building in the St Albans local planning authority area, England. Country house. 1 related planning application.

Childwick Bury Manor, Including Former Stable Ranges

WRENN ID
still-step-yew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
St Albans
Constituency
Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
Country
England
Type
Country house
Address
Childwick Bury Manor, Including Former Stable Ranges, Harpenden Road, St. Michael, AL3 6JX
OS grid reference
TL 138 102
Coordinates
51.77911, -0.35048
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Childwick Bury Manor is a country house, likely originating in the late 17th century for Joshua Lomax. It was altered in the 18th century and remodelled after 1854 for H.H. Toulman, with further additions after 1883 for Sir John Blundell Maple. The exterior is largely stuccoed brick, with a polychrome brick range added around 1860 on the southeast side. The house is two and three storeys high.

The northeast elevation, which serves as the main entrance, is a two-storey addition from the 1850s. It features a deep Doric porte cochere with paired outer columns. On either side of the porte cochere are three-light Venetian sash windows, a balustrade, and a pediment above the porch. A canted billiard room addition is located to the left. The northwest elevation is three storeys high with seven close-set sash windows. The ground floor has French windows with entablatures, and canted single-storey French window bays are situated on either side. A moulded cornice runs along the second floor. Banded pilasters mark the ends of the elevation and balustrades run along the main cornice and canted bays. The southwest elevation includes the circa 1860 range attached to the return. It features three eaves dormers with relieving arches to the casements. Three tall stacks are present.

A former late 18th century stable ranges are attached to the rear of the main house, forming a courtyard. The stable block is constructed of red brick and has a plain tile roof with a wood mutuled cornice. A loggia of eight Doric columns, featuring an entablature with paterae and husk swags, is on the ground floor. A tall clock turret rises from the ridge, with an open octagonal upper section and a large wrought iron weathervane. Cemented quoins define the angles of the block. The upper floor has three sash windows. Connecting loggias, dating to the late 20th century, link the main stable block to late 18th century, formerly free-standing side ranges, which were altered in the late 19th century. The southwest range has been extended. The northeast stable range is better preserved and includes a central projecting bay with a gauged brick arch, vitrified brick end piers, and two arched windows. The answering southwest block has been heightened to continue in a one-to-two storey range with gauged brick arches.

Inside the house, the hall behind the porch contains late 19th century hand-painted Chinese wallpaper. A room located behind the right-hand Venetian window is top-lit by a dome. Much of the interior detail dates from the late 19th century.

Local climate

Childwick Bury Manor, Including Former Stable Ranges 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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