The Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the Welwyn Hatfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1967. House. 14 related planning applications.
The Manor House
- WRENN ID
- standing-doorway-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Constituency
- Welwyn Hatfield MP: Andrew Lewin (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Manor House, Bride Hall Lane, Ayot St. Lawrence, AL6 9BP
- OS grid reference
- TL 195 170
- Coordinates
- 51.8391, -0.26608
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Manor House is a house that underwent late 17th century remodelling of a 16th century timber frame. It is constructed of red brick and features an old tile roof with two ridges. The building has four wood mullioned and transomed leaded casements, including a stair light, and presents a symmetrical five-window garden elevation with rubbed brick dressings and a floor band. The wood mullioned and transomed casements and door are topped with a scroll-bracketed hood. Inside, there is 17th century panelling on the southwest ground floor, along with 17th century doors and a central newel baluster staircase. The house was once owned by Sir William Parr, who was the brother of Catherine Parr, the last Queen of Henry VIII.
Local climate
The Manor House 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 14 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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