Summerhouse About 100 Yards West South West of Homme House is a Grade I listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1967. A C17 Summerhouse.

Summerhouse About 100 Yards West South West of Homme House

WRENN ID
solitary-rotunda-swallow
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 March 1967
Type
Summerhouse
OS grid reference
SO 652 317
Coordinates
51.98347, -2.50718
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The summerhouse, located about 100 yards west-south-west of Homme House, dates from the late 17th century and was altered in the 18th century. It is constructed of sandstone rubble with sandstone dressings and features hipped stone slate roofs topped with a wooden lantern. The building has an octagonal plan and includes a small octagonal stair turret attached to the south side. It stands two storeys high and has three oval openings that light the newel from different sides. The south side has a 4-centred entrance with a ledged and studded 17th-century door. Each face of the upper floor of the main octagon, except where it connects to the stair turret, has a pair of triangular-headed 18th-century wrought iron casements. The square western stack features a cylindrical stone shaft with four decorative oval openings near the top, one facing each cardinal point. Inside, there are chamfered segmental heads to the stone fireplace on each floor. This summerhouse is an unusually designed and well-detailed example, remaining in unrestored condition.

Local climate

Summerhouse About 100 Yards West South West of Homme House receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% 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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