Former Laundry Block and Pumphouse About 200 Metres West of Brocket Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Welwyn Hatfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1983. Laundry block, pumphouse.

Former Laundry Block and Pumphouse About 200 Metres West of Brocket Hall

WRENN ID
long-steeple-rain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Welwyn Hatfield
Constituency
Welwyn Hatfield MP: Andrew Lewin (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 December 1983
Type
Laundry block, pumphouse
OS grid reference
TL 211 130
Coordinates
51.80313, -0.24369
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former laundry block and pumphouse, located about 200 metres west of Brocket Hall, dates from the mid to late 18th century and is likely attributed to the architect James Paine. The building is constructed of red brick and has a square plan with a slate pyramid roof. It stands two storeys tall, with the upper storey being taller and separated from the lower storey by a floor band. The eaves feature brick dentils, and there are three segmental-headed casement windows on each side. Attached to the northwest angle is a single-storey pumphouse, which has canted sides, plain doors, and ventilators, also topped with a slate roof. It is noted that the pumphouse was said to have been powered by a donkey.

Local climate

Former Laundry Block and Pumphouse About 200 Metres West of Brocket Hall sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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