The Tig House in the Wilderness Garden, Adlington Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. Summerhouse. 1 related planning application.

The Tig House in the Wilderness Garden, Adlington Hall

WRENN ID
lunar-pavement-bone
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Macclesfield MP: Tim Roca (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 July 1984
Type
Summerhouse
Address
The Tig House in the Wilderness Garden, Adlington Hall, Mill Lane, SK10 4LF
OS grid reference
SJ 905 801
Coordinates
53.31845, -2.14356
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Tig House in the Wilderness Garden at Adlington Hall is a summerhouse built in the mid-18th century for Charles Legh. It is constructed of red brick, partly covered with black and white painted timber framing. The roof is pyramidal, made of stone slate, and features a wooden finial at the top. The building has a square plan and was originally open on three sides, but now has only two open faces. These open sides are adorned with timber panels that have quatrefoil decoration and a flattened ogee-headed opening, which is partially concealed by curved wooden brackets. Inside, there is a later addition of a fixed stone table, measuring 2 meters square, made from a single dressed piece supported by four square legs with recessed hammer-dressed panels on each face. The ceiling displays Charles Legh's monogram within a circular panel.

Local climate

The Tig House in the Wilderness Garden, Adlington Hall sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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