The Indian Kiosk is a Grade II* listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1973. Garden house.
The Indian Kiosk
- WRENN ID
- dark-zinc-wren
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1973
- Type
- Garden house
- Address
- The Indian Kiosk, Old Warden
- OS grid reference
- TL 149 447
- Coordinates
- 52.08955, -0.32377
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Indian Kiosk is a garden house built in the early 19th century for the 3rd Lord Ongley. It features a circular brick base that supports a circular timber structure topped with a thatched conical roof. The structure is supported by eight timber posts with chamfered angles, which hold up semi-circular arches adorned with twigwork decoration. The three front archways are open, while the central rear archway is filled with an ornate stained glass panel. The two archways on either side of the central one are filled with twigwork panels, and there are two additional archways flanking these, which have twigwork balustrades. The conical roof is topped with a ball finial, and the interior of the kiosk is decorated with painted designs.
Local climate
The Indian Kiosk sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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