Boundary Wall to Number 17 Tower Summerhouse and Boundary Wall to Number 14a (Number 14a Not Included) is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1972. Boundary wall, summerhouse.

Boundary Wall to Number 17 Tower Summerhouse and Boundary Wall to Number 14a (Number 14a Not Included)

WRENN ID
heavy-ledge-solstice
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester North and Neston MP: Samantha Dixon (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1972
Type
Boundary wall, summerhouse
Address
Boundary Wall to Number 17 Tower Summerhouse and Boundary Wall to Number 14a (Number 14a Not Included), Dee Hills Park
OS grid reference
SJ 414 663
Coordinates
53.19076, -2.87826
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The boundary wall to Number 17 Tower Summerhouse and the boundary wall to Number 14A (Number 14A not included) is a Grade II listed structure located in Chester City. This mid-19th century feature includes a summerhouse designed as a riverside tower, constructed from red-brown brick. The tower is round and features two loops that face the River Dee, along with machicolated crenellation at the top. The tall boundary wall adjacent to the tower rises in steps that follow the slope of the land.

Local climate

Boundary Wall to Number 17 Tower Summerhouse and Boundary Wall to Number 14a (Number 14a Not Included) receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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