Boat House About 500 Yards East South East of Burghley House is a Grade II listed building in the Peterborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1982. Boathouse.

Boat House About 500 Yards East South East of Burghley House

WRENN ID
bitter-lancet-elm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peterborough
Constituency
North West Cambridgeshire MP: Sam Carling (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 February 1982
Type
Boathouse
OS grid reference
TF 052 058
Coordinates
52.64016, -0.44531
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Boat House, dated 1871, is located about 500 yards east-south-east of Burghley House, on the south-east side of the lake in Burghley Park. It is constructed of ashlar stone and features a pediment with a carved tympanum displaying the date. The wide segmental arch is flanked by rusticated pilastered niches, each topped with an urn above the entablature. A finial sits over the apex of the pediment, and the building is covered with a slate roof.

Local climate

Boat House About 500 Yards East South East of Burghley 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 87% 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 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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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