Summer House at the Old House is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1987. Summer house. 4 related planning applications.
Summer House at the Old House
- WRENN ID
- dusted-quoin-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Kesteven
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1987
- Type
- Summer house
- Address
- Summer House at the Old House, Main Street, Greatford, PE9 4QA
- OS grid reference
- TF 089 119
- Coordinates
- 52.69415, -0.38915
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The summer house at The Old House is an early 19th-century structure. It is built using mud and stud, with a whitewashed finish and a conical thatched roof. The building has a hexagonal plan and features an open porch at the front, which is covered by a hipped porch supported by octagonal wooden columns. On either side of the porch, there are half-glazed panels with glazing bars. The roof is constructed from light sawn softwood.
Local climate
Summer House at the Old House 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 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2020
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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