Courtyard Wall and Railings, Hartpury House is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1985. Courtyard wall, railings.
Courtyard Wall and Railings, Hartpury House
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-joist-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 1985
- Type
- Courtyard wall, railings
- OS grid reference
- SO 787 230
- Coordinates
- 51.90521, -2.31054
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The courtyard wall and railings at Hartpury House were built in 1896 by Sir Guy Dawber for William Gordon-Canning. This structure features English-bond brickwork with ashlar dressings and wrought iron. It encloses a rectangular courtyard on three sides in front of Hartpury House.
The main entrance has gates to the park opposite the house's porch, flanked by short fixed railings on either side and a decorative central feature above the main level. Square, panelled stone piers with cornices and ball finials stand on each side of the gates. A low brick wall with stone coping and a swept top supports the railings, which consist of five bays on the left and six on the right. The railings are held up by lyre-shaped stone uprights with cornices set across the wall, featuring straight top and bottom rails and decorative elements in the center of each bay, framed by vertical bars.
Tall, square brick pillars at the front corners have stone bands, cornices, and ball finials, with the last featuring a vermiculated band around the center. On the right side, two panels return to the main entrance gate, with piers at the corners that include a nib for the gates, returning with a stone console to the pier at the top. The gates are currently missing. A high, plain brick wall connects to the house, while on the left, a low brick wall forms the end of the courtyard, returning to the house and featuring two openings with low square piers, plinths, and flat stone coping with a moulded edge.
Local climate
Courtyard Wall and Railings, Hartpury House receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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