The Owl House at South End of Lake is a Grade II* listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1968. Temple.
The Owl House at South End of Lake
- WRENN ID
- drifting-cloister-sable
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Malvern Hills
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1968
- Type
- Temple
- Address
- The Owl House at South End of Lake, Severn Stoke
- OS grid reference
- SO 889 436
- Coordinates
- 52.09107, -2.16269
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Owl House, located at the south end of the lake in Croome Park, is an alcove seat or viewing temple built around 1766 by Robert Adam. The front is made of Bath stone, while the side and rear walls are constructed of brick. The original slate roof has collapsed. The building has a square plan and features a pedimented stone front with a large arched opening. This pediment is supported by two giant attached columns with acanthus leaf capitals. The archway is flanked by Roman Doric columns in antis and has a moulded architrave. The interior is plastered and originally included semi-domes on each side, which are now lost. There is a drawing of the structure at the Soane Museum, and it is referenced in the Transactions of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society from 1976.
Local climate
The Owl House at South End of Lake 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 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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