Japanese House in Japanese Garden at Garden House 30 Meters to South-South-West of House is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. House.

Japanese House in Japanese Garden at Garden House 30 Meters to South-South-West of House

WRENN ID
tired-stone-wind
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 July 1984
Type
House
Address
Japanese House in Japanese Garden at Garden House 30 Meters to South-South-West of House, Church Lane, Cottered
OS grid reference
TL 316 291
Coordinates
51.94517, -0.08646
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Japanese House is located in the Japanese Garden at Garden House, approximately 30 meters to the south-south-west of the main house. It was built in the early 20th century, likely in Japan, and erected between 1905 and 1926 for Herbert Goode, a wealthy glass and china merchant who initiated the Japanese Garden in 1905. This two-storey rectangular building features a timber frame with wooden cladding and a hipped shingle roof. It has a projecting verandah at two levels with separate roofs and a small gabled porch. The house is of the type known as SEI-SHIN-TE, which translates to "the Pure Heart," and was typically used as a retreat from a main house. While it is usually situated outside a garden, this house is more ornamental as it is located within the garden. The original paper sliding screens on the east side have been replaced by glass.

Local climate

Japanese House in Japanese Garden at Garden House 30 Meters to South-South-West of 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 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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