The Hill Garden Central Temple Summerhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. Summerhouse.
The Hill Garden Central Temple Summerhouse
- WRENN ID
- over-flagstone-auburn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Hampstead and Highgate MP: Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1978
- Type
- Summerhouse
- Address
- The Hill Garden Central Temple Summerhouse, North End Way
- OS grid reference
- TQ 260 867
- Coordinates
- 51.56519, -0.18259
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hill Garden central temple summerhouse is a Grade II* listed structure located on North End Way in Camden. Built around 1912 by Thomas H Mawson, it is part of a garden scheme for Lord Leverhulme at The Hill, now known as Inverforth House. This summerhouse connects the Western Pergola and the Bridge. It features a circular design set on a brick and stone banded plinth, with Portland stone walls that open on the east and west sides, supported by Doric columns. The west side includes a wrought-iron gate, while the south side is adorned with a balustrade. The summerhouse has an entablature and a projecting modillion cornice, decorated with lion masks at intervals, and is topped with a copper domed roof. Access is provided from the Western Pergola via a flight of steps with stone balustrades. Historically, the terraces were constructed using spoil from the Hampstead Tube excavations, offering excellent views towards the house and Southern Pergola, as well as over Hampstead Heath. This part of the garden is now separate from the house and is open to the public, following the division of the garden when the house became a hospital.
Local climate
The Hill Garden Central Temple Summerhouse 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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