Summerhouse at Walkern Hall (120 Metres to South of Hall) is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1984. Summerhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Summerhouse at Walkern Hall (120 Metres to South of Hall)
- WRENN ID
- other-railing-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1984
- Type
- Summerhouse
- Address
- Summerhouse at Walkern Hall (120 Metres to South of Hall), SG2 7HZ
- OS grid reference
- TL 300 248
- Coordinates
- 51.90659, -0.11133
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The summerhouse at Walkern Hall, located 120 meters to the south of the hall, dates from the mid-19th century. It is constructed of yellow brick and features a steep octagonal conical roof made of old red tiles with an eaves overhang. The structure has four buff terra-cotta columns on three open sides, creating a small octagonal garden building that faces south and has a paved floor. The columns are designed in a barley sugar twist style, topped with Corinthian capitals, and the lower part is adorned with strapwork that includes naturalistic birds in high relief. The bases of the columns are deeply moulded. Additionally, the outside columns display a monogram "L D R" on a shield. Inside, there is a fine horseshoe-shaped wooden bench that features a lattice back, carved brackets, and leaf-trail pierced decoration.
Local climate
Summerhouse at Walkern Hall (120 Metres to South of Hall) 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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