Tennis Pavilion in the Grounds of Number 41 Witanhurst is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 October 1998. Pavilion.

Tennis Pavilion in the Grounds of Number 41 Witanhurst

WRENN ID
sacred-cupola-starling
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Hampstead and Highgate MP: Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 October 1998
Type
Pavilion
Address
Tennis Pavilion in the Grounds of Number 41 Witanhurst, Highgate West Hill
OS grid reference
TQ 280 872
Coordinates
51.56953, -0.15372
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Tennis Pavilion, located in the grounds of Number 41 Witanhurst, was built around 1913 by Harold Peto as part of his design for Sir Arthur Crosfield's garden. Constructed from brick with stone quoins and dressings, it features a hipped roof made of graduated stone slates. The south front showcases a hexastyle Ionic screen with paired central columns, flanked by brick bays that have stone quoins and oval niches. The left side has a stone-dressed Venetian window, while the rear includes a segmental pedimented doorway with triangular pedimented, architraved windows on either side. There is also a doorway on the right-hand return. Inside, the pavilion retains a continuous panelled timber dado, timber window surrounds, and a doorway with a six-panelled door topped by a triangular pediment. The coved ceiling features a modillion cornice and was formerly adorned with a central panel.

Local climate

Tennis Pavilion in the Grounds of Number 41 Witanhurst 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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