Chinese Summerhouse to south side of North Broad Water is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1985. Summerhouse.

Chinese Summerhouse to south side of North Broad Water

WRENN ID
iron-hall-briar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1985
Type
Summerhouse
Address
Chinese Summerhouse to south side of North Broad Water, Wrest Park, Silsoe
OS grid reference
TL 092 351
Coordinates
52.00393, -0.40966
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Chinese Summerhouse, located on the south side of North Broad Water, is a Grade II listed structure built of timber with a lead-covered roof. It has a rectangular plan and is set on a stone plinth. The summerhouse features open sides and front, topped with a two-stage, hipped pagoda roof that is crowned by a crouching wyvern, which is an emblem of the Grey family. Ornamental bells are hung from the upturned corners of each stage of the roof. The painted timber panelling is adorned with applied fret work both inside and outside, and there is open fret work decoration at the eaves level and at the top of the first stage of the roof. Inside, the summerhouse has a stone floor and a simple timber bench that runs parallel to the rear wall.

Local climate

Chinese Summerhouse to south side of North Broad Water 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 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 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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