Gazebo (Queen Katherine's Summer House) is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 July 1951. A 18th century Gazebo.
Gazebo (Queen Katherine's Summer House)
- WRENN ID
- small-span-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 July 1951
- Type
- Gazebo
- Period
- 18th century
- Address
- Gazebo (Queen Katherine's Summer House), Dunstable Street, Ampthill
- OS grid reference
- TL 034 379
- Coordinates
- 52.03061, -0.49373
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gazebo known as Queen Katherine's Summer House is a red brick structure from the George II period. It is located in a corner of what was once a garden, which has since been developed. This site is traditionally associated with Queen Katherine of Aragon, who is said to have taught the local people how to make lace, an old craft from Bedfordshire. The gazebo features a simple brick facade and a hipped tile roof that rises to a plain painted ball finial. A single glazed door provides access to steps leading down from the structure.
Local climate
Gazebo (Queen Katherine's Summer House) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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