Garden Walls and Gates on the West Side of Hatfield House,Joining the Palace is a Grade II listed building in the Welwyn Hatfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1983. Garden wall and gates. 1 related planning application.

Garden Walls and Gates on the West Side of Hatfield House,Joining the Palace

WRENN ID
eternal-rotunda-vermeil
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Welwyn Hatfield
Constituency
Welwyn Hatfield MP: Andrew Lewin (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 December 1983
Type
Garden wall and gates
Address
Garden Walls and Gates on the West Side of Hatfield House,Joining the Palace, Hatfield Park, AL9 5NL
OS grid reference
TL 235 083
Coordinates
51.76061, -0.21098
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The garden walls and gates on the west side of Hatfield House, which connect to The Palace, feature a rectangular plan and date from the 17th and 18th centuries. The east side is early 17th century but was reduced in height in the 19th century when a central gate and two sets of statues were added. The statue groups, made of artificial stone by Bubb in 1823, are located in rectangular recesses at each end of the wall and were originally from the Royal Exchange. The south side has 18th century wrought iron double gates with scrolled side panels and an overthrow, supported by piers topped with stone ball finials. The northern gates were relocated to the Cecil burial ground in St Ethelreda's churchyard. A tall 18th century wall extends from the south to the west sides and returns on the north.

Local climate

Garden Walls and Gates on the West Side of Hatfield House,Joining the Palace 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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