Little Cassiobury and former stable block to rear. is a Grade II* listed building in the Watford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1952. A Late C17 Mansion. 7 related planning applications.

Little Cassiobury and former stable block to rear.

WRENN ID
noble-basalt-vermeil
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Watford
Constituency
Watford MP: Matt Turmaine (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 August 1952
Type
Mansion
Address
Little Cassiobury and former stable block to rear., Hempstead Road, WD17 3EY
OS grid reference
TQ 103 969
Coordinates
51.66058, -0.40621
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Little Cassiobury is a small formal late 17th century red brick mansion that served as a dower house for Cassiobury. The building is two stories high with an attic and features hipped plain tile roofs. It has three flat-topped dormers with moulded cornices and a nine-window range on the front, which includes a projecting three-window center and very narrow one-window ends. The exterior is adorned with a wood modillion cornice and a brick platband, and the windows are exposed box glazing bar sashes with gauged brick flat heads around them. The outer windows are narrow, and there is a central door with a later moulded doorcase and a pediment supported by brackets.

Inside, there is a panelled entrance hall that includes corner archways leading to the staircase and a through passage. The hall features fielded panels, a moulded cornice, and fluted pilasters on either side of the fireplace. The arches have keyblocks and moulded imposts, and the staircase wall is also panelled.

At the rear, there is a former stable block that was altered around 1930 by C Williams-Ellis. This stable block has three round-headed doorways, a pantile hipped roof, and in the center, there is an 18th century stone panel displaying the Essex arms, which was found in the grounds.

Local climate

Little Cassiobury and former stable block to rear. sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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