Summerhouse, 70 Metres North of Ashby Folville Manor is a Grade II listed building in the Melton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 January 1988. Pigeoncote/summerhouse.
Summerhouse, 70 Metres North of Ashby Folville Manor
- WRENN ID
- odd-crypt-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Melton
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 January 1988
- Type
- Pigeoncote/summerhouse
- OS grid reference
- SK 707 119
- Coordinates
- 52.70048, -0.95379
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The summerhouse, originally a pigeoncote, is located 70 meters north of Ashby Folville Manor and dates from the mid-18th century. It was converted in the late 19th century and has some 20th-century additions. The structure is built of brick with a dressed stone plinth and features a pyramidal roof made of Swithland slate. It is a single-storey, single-bay building with a square plan.
On the west side, there is a mid-20th-century lean-to open shelter that covers a chamfered brick doorway with a hood mould. Above the doorway, there are timber-framed gabled dormers on each side, which have thick glazing bar fixed lights and louvres. At the top of the building is a square timber-framed cupola that has a clock on the west face and thick glazing bar fixed lights on the other sides. The cupola is topped with an ogee leaded cap supported by shaped brackets, along with a finial and an iron weather vane.
Inside, the summerhouse features brick nest boxes and an elaborate clock mechanism with a bell. The roof structure is cross-framed with king post trusses.
Local climate
Summerhouse, 70 Metres North of Ashby Folville Manor receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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