Forecourt and Garden Walls to the Hermitage is a Grade II listed building in the Enfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1974. Garden walls.

Forecourt and Garden Walls to the Hermitage

WRENN ID
outer-vault-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Enfield
Constituency
Enfield North MP: Feryal Clark (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 January 1974
Type
Garden walls
Address
Forecourt and Garden Walls to the Hermitage, Forty Hill
OS grid reference
TQ 335 982
Coordinates
51.66708, -0.07031
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The forecourt and garden walls to The Hermitage are early 18th century structures made of fairly tall red brick. They flank either side of the front garden and feature a low front wall with a small iron gate. At the ends, there are square piers that are topped with stone coping. Similar walls surround the garden to the east of the house, along with another end pier. The buildings at Nos 70 to 76 (even) form a group with The Hermitage and the attached stable building, including its forecourt walls.

Local climate

Forecourt and Garden Walls to the Hermitage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% 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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