Summer House at Arkley Hole About 400 Metres South East of Woolmer's Park is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1986. A Georgian to Victorian Summer house.
Summer House at Arkley Hole About 400 Metres South East of Woolmer's Park
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-span-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1986
- Type
- Summer house
- Period
- Georgian to Victorian
- OS grid reference
- TL 289 100
- Coordinates
- 51.77403, -0.13254
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The summer house at Arkley Hole, located about 400 meters southeast of Woolmer's Park, dates from the late 18th century or early 19th century. It is constructed from flint rubble with brick dressings and is designed in a hexagonal shape. The structure features three ogee arched openings and three window openings at the rear, which are blocked with knapped flint. There is a brick band above the arches. The summer house is situated near Arkley Hole, which is a natural spring.
Local climate
Summer House at Arkley Hole About 400 Metres South East of Woolmer's Park 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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