The Summerhouse, Kings College is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1996. Summerhouse. 2 related planning applications.
The Summerhouse, Kings College
- WRENN ID
- turning-buttress-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Hampstead and Highgate MP: Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1996
- Type
- Summerhouse
- Address
- The Summerhouse, Kings College, Kidderpore Avenue, NW3 7SU
- OS grid reference
- TQ 253 858
- Coordinates
- 51.55804, -0.19302
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Summerhouse at King's College is a mid-19th century structure that is currently used to house boilers. It is made of timber and features concrete columns, all painted white. The building has a rectangular plan with a canted front and is designed in a classical style. It includes a Doric portico with a broken pediment and double timber doors. A Doric entablature encircles the building, complemented by pilasters on the returns and plain windows.
Local climate
The Summerhouse, Kings College sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- 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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