Chinese House at Shugborough Hall is a Grade I listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1953. A Georgian Garden pavilion.

Chinese House at Shugborough Hall

WRENN ID
final-ember-pigeon
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Stafford
Constituency
Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge MP: Sir Gavin Williamson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 March 1953
Type
Garden pavilion
Period
Georgian
Address
Chinese House at Shugborough Hall, Colwich
OS grid reference
SJ 992 227
Coordinates
52.80208, -2.01261
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Chinese House at Shugborough Hall is a Grade I building, erected by Admiral Anson around 1747 following his voyage around the world. It is a rectangular structure with one storey, featuring plastered walls and a pyramidal leaded roof with prominent eaves. The exterior is adorned with elaborately fenestrated wood windows. Inside, there was originally a fine plaster ceiling, which has since been removed to the Hall. However, an alcove remains, decorated with red lacquer fretwork and gilded pillars. The cornice is embellished in red, blue, gold, and white. The building has been recently well restored.

Local climate

Chinese House at Shugborough Hall receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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