Summer House, Kitchen Garden Walls and Ha-Ha About 50 Metres South-East of Middlewood House is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Summerhouse.
Summer House, Kitchen Garden Walls and Ha-Ha About 50 Metres South-East of Middlewood House
- WRENN ID
- half-bastion-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1984
- Type
- Summerhouse
- OS grid reference
- SO 289 447
- Coordinates
- 52.09627, -3.03865
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The summerhouse, kitchen garden walls, and ha-ha are located about 50 metres south-east of Middlewood House and date from the late 18th century. The structure is built of rubble and brick with a slate roof. The octagonal summerhouse is positioned in the middle of the north wall, which has return walls on the east and west sides, while the fourth side is closed off by the ha-ha that once featured a duck pond. The summerhouse is two storeys tall with a pyramidal roof. It has glazing bar sash windows on three sides facing the garden, a central door on the ground floor, and a stack at the rear. There was previously a wooden external stair leading to the upper floor, which has since been removed. The external walls are made of rubble, while the interior is lined with brick. The ha-ha is constructed of rubble and includes nesting boxes, likely intended for ducks. Additionally, there are earthwork traces of an extensive system of waterworks to the east and south.
Local climate
Summer House, Kitchen Garden Walls and Ha-Ha About 50 Metres South-East of Middlewood House receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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