Steps, Walls and Gates to Old Pleasure Grounds About 250 Metres South East of Moor Park is a Grade II listed building in the Three Rivers local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1985. Steps, walls, gates.
Steps, Walls and Gates to Old Pleasure Grounds About 250 Metres South East of Moor Park
- WRENN ID
- watchful-spire-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Three Rivers
- Constituency
- South West Hertfordshire MP: Mr Gagan Mohindra (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 October 1985
- Type
- Steps, walls, gates
- OS grid reference
- TQ 076 930
- Coordinates
- 51.62609, -0.44585
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The steps, walls, and gates located about 250 meters southeast of Moor Park are associated with the Old Pleasure Grounds designed by Capability Brown around 1755 to 1760. These structures date from the late 19th century and are constructed of ashlar. The central flight of steps features piers at the lower level that flank walls, all of which have moulded plinths and caps. At the upper level, the walls extend outward and are adorned with balustrades. The end piers exhibit banded rustication and scrolled buttresses. The walls then return to another pair of rusticated piers before breaking outwards again. Wrought iron gates are situated at the top of the steps. This site is included for its group value.
Local climate
Steps, Walls and Gates to Old Pleasure Grounds About 250 Metres South East of Moor Park sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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