Summer House at Rear of Garden of Number 9 is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1981. Summer house.
Summer House at Rear of Garden of Number 9
- WRENN ID
- graven-rood-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 October 1981
- Type
- Summer house
- Address
- Summer House at Rear of Garden of Number 9, Bell Street, Sawbridgeworth
- OS grid reference
- TL 481 149
- Coordinates
- 51.81331, 0.14848
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The summer house at the rear of the garden of Number 9 on Bell Street is an early 19th-century Gothic structure. It is built against the north wall of the garden using knapped flint, with red brick used for the angles and decorative features. The building has a polygonal shape and is topped with a slated roof. It features pointed windows and an elaborate doorway, which has hood-mould stops carved in the shapes of a pig and a goat. Additionally, there is an early 19th-century sash window in the rear wall. The overall design is picturesque.
Local climate
Summer House at Rear of Garden of Number 9 sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1995
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