Summer House in Grounds of Mansion House is a Grade II* listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1951. A Georgian Summer house.
Summer House in Grounds of Mansion House
- WRENN ID
- moated-pillar-moon
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Derbyshire Dales
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 June 1951
- Type
- Summer house
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Summer House in Grounds of Mansion House, Church Street, Ashbourne
- OS grid reference
- SK 177 464
- Coordinates
- 53.01551, -1.73663
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Summer House in the grounds of Mansion House is a Grade II* listed building from the mid-18th century. It features a Roman Doric style with a freestone facade set against a brick body. This structure resembles a miniature temple, consisting of three open arched bays that are divided by pilasters with moulded caps, which support a dentilled pediment. The Summer House was frequently used by Dr. Johnson, as noted in Boswell's writings.
This building is part of a group that includes Nos 38, 40, and 72, Pegg's Almshouses, Owlfield's Almshouses, The Mansion, the Summer House itself, and the cobbled pavements, all of which are associated with the parish Church of St Oswald and its churchyard gate piers, gates, and walls.
Local climate
Summer House in Grounds of Mansion House receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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