Boat House at Elvaston Castle to East End of the Lake is a Grade II listed building in the South Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1987. A Victorian Boathouse.
Boat House at Elvaston Castle to East End of the Lake
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Derbyshire
- Constituency
- South Derbyshire MP: Samantha Niblett (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1987
- Type
- Boathouse
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Boat House at Elvaston Castle to East End of the Lake, Borrowash Road
- OS grid reference
- SK 410 330
- Coordinates
- 52.89302, -1.39161
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The boat house at Elvaston Castle, located at the east end of the lake, was built in the mid-19th century for the Earl of Harrington, likely by architect William Barron. It is constructed of red brick and features a steeply pitched roof with banded fishscale and plain tiles, along with decorative bargeboards on the gables and wide overhanging eaves. The building is two stories tall and consists of a single bay.
On the lake-side elevation, there is a full-width opening with a timber lintel supported by a wooden pier at the center, above which is a wide unglazed segment-headed window. The rear elevation includes two full-height pilaster strips with a low boarded opening beneath, and a central segment-headed doorcase with a plank door above. Above this doorcase is another unglazed segment-headed window.
The boat house was constructed as part of the elaborate gardens designed by William Barron between 1830 and 1860, which are recognized in the Derbyshire Historic Gardens Register at Grade II*.
Local climate
Boat House at Elvaston Castle to East End of the Lake sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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