Porters Lodge at Merchant Taylors School is a Grade II listed building in the Three Rivers local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1985. Lodge.

Porters Lodge at Merchant Taylors School

WRENN ID
stark-stronghold-hazel
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
Lodge
Address
Porters Lodge at Merchant Taylors School, Sandy Lodge Lane, Batchworth
OS grid reference
TQ 092 940
Coordinates
51.63443, -0.42246
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Porter's Lodge at Merchant Taylors' School is a building constructed between 1931 and 1933 by W.G. Newton for the Merchant Taylors' Company. It is made of 2-inch red brick and features a tiled roof. The lodge has three bays and is a single storey. The central entrance is adorned with a scroll ornamented lintel, and there are flanking sash windows set within relieving arches. The eaves are modillioned, and there are extruded end stacks. The roof is steeply pitched. The interior has not been inspected. This building is included for its group value.

Local climate

Porters Lodge at Merchant Taylors School 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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