Rustic Seat in Rear Garden of Number 28 (Not Included) is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1989. Garden feature.

Rustic Seat in Rear Garden of Number 28 (Not Included)

WRENN ID
winter-soffit-vetch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 March 1989
Type
Garden feature
Address
Rustic Seat in Rear Garden of Number 28 (Not Included), Scotts Road, Ware
OS grid reference
TL 356 138
Coordinates
51.80678, -0.03346
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The rustic seat in the rear garden of Number 28 was built around 1766 by John Scott, a Quaker poet from Amwell House. It features a circular plan with a conical roof and a pointed arched entry. Both the walls and roof are covered in flint, with the roof having been restored in 1990. This seat is part of an important romantic garden layout created by Scott, which includes one of the finest grottos in England.

Local climate

Rustic Seat in Rear Garden of Number 28 (Not Included) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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