Summer House and Pump on South East Corner of Walled Garden, Pishiobury Park is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1952. Summer house.

Summer House and Pump on South East Corner of Walled Garden, Pishiobury Park

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 June 1952
Type
Summer house
Address
Summer House and Pump on South East Corner of Walled Garden, Pishiobury Park, Pishiobury Drive, Sawbridgeworth
OS grid reference
TL 480 133
Coordinates
51.79888, 0.14627
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The summer house and pump located on the southeast corner of the walled garden at Pishiobury Park date from the 16th or 17th century. This single-storey building is constructed from old red brick and measures 30 feet square. It features a pyramid-shaped roof made of old red tiles, topped with a square lantern. The brickwork displays irregular bonding.

On the north side, there is a three-centre arched doorway, while the east side has a wide three-centre arched opening that was added in the 19th century, which originally had a glazed screen that is now missing. This opening has been infilled with brick and fitted with double plank doors. A small doorway has been cut through to the walled garden at the south end of the west wall. The eaves project and have a plastered soffit. The square lantern has a pyramid-slate roof and is topped with a metal fleur-de-lis finial. It appears that the roof and lantern were renewed in the 18th or 19th century.

Adjacent to the summer house is a cast iron pump from the 18th or 19th century. The pump features three raised rings on its circular barrel, with a corbelled expansion leading to a fluted chamber. It has an ornamental spout adorned with palmettes where it meets the chamber, a floral bucket spur, and a decorated orifice. There is a bracket for a handle, but the handle itself is missing.

Local climate

Summer House and Pump on South East Corner of Walled Garden, Pishiobury Park 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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