Boathouse at South West Corner of Lake at Wollaton Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Nottingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1995. Boathouse.
Boathouse at South West Corner of Lake at Wollaton Hall
- WRENN ID
- moated-threshold-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Nottingham
- Constituency
- Nottingham South MP: Lilian Greenwood (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1995
- Type
- Boathouse
- Address
- Boathouse at South West Corner of Lake at Wollaton Hall, Wollaton Park, City of Nottingham
- OS grid reference
- SK 527 384
- Coordinates
- 52.94079, -1.21608
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The boathouse at the southwest corner of the lake at Wollaton Hall is designed to resemble a "sham" bridge. It was constructed between 1774 and 1785 during the extension of the lake and was restored in 1985. The structure is made of brick and features a central raised stone keystone and stone impost bands. The coping has been replaced with concrete. It is covered by a turfed earth mound that conceals five graduated round brick arches facing the lake. Inside, there are five barrel vaults, with the two outer vaults being blind. The openings at the ends of the three main chambers are secured with wrought-iron grates. At the rear, there is a projecting gable above the central chamber. Changes in the water level of the lake have altered the levels around the boathouse, leading to the insertion of a concrete floor above the original water level, which has resulted in truncated piers. Render was added inside each barrel vault during the 1980s.
Local climate
Boathouse at South West Corner of Lake at Wollaton Hall 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 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% 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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