The Summer House is a Grade II* listed building in the Amber Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1967. A Georgian Summer house.
The Summer House
- WRENN ID
- haunted-pier-gorse
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Amber Valley
- Constituency
- Mid Derbyshire MP: Jonathan Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 1967
- Type
- Summer house
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- The Summer House, Kedleston
- OS grid reference
- SK 311 401
- Coordinates
- 52.95826, -1.53797
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Summer House is a Grade II* listed structure built around 1775, likely designed by George Richardson. It is constructed from sandstone ashlar and features a domed lead roof topped with a central urn finial. The building has a hexagonal shape, with pilasters at each corner that have upright leaf capitals, and an entablature adorned with flower roundels. There are urns with swags at the top and a blocking course. On the north side, a semi-circle of four stone steps leads up to the entrance. A moulded sill band runs around the building, and there are double doors to the north framed by a moulded surround. The other sides have four glazing bar sash windows, also with moulded surrounds, while the rear wall is blind. Inside, the Summer House is plastered and features a moulded cornice and dado rail. The structure was relocated from a slightly different position in the 1920s.
Local climate
The Summer House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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