Garden House in Private Garden in Middle of Square is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1999. Garden house.

Garden House in Private Garden in Middle of Square

WRENN ID
weathered-crypt-saffron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras
Country
England
Date first listed
11 January 1999
Type
Garden house
Address
Garden House in Private Garden in Middle of Square, Bedford Square
OS grid reference
TQ 298 816
Coordinates
51.51879, -0.13042
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The garden house is a mid-19th century wooden octagonal structure located in the private garden at the center of Bedford Square. It features Chinoiserie design elements, including chamfered columns, openwork spandrels with circles and quatrefoils, and projecting eaves. The roof is topped with a ball and spike finial. Inside, there are benches with latticed ends as part of the overall design. This garden house dates from before 1866 and was relocated to its current position at the west end of the square from the center of the gardens in 1874.

Local climate

Garden House in Private Garden in Middle of Square 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 95% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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