Garden House to South East of Rush Grove House is a Grade II listed building in the Greenwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 June 1973. Garden house.

Garden House to South East of Rush Grove House

WRENN ID
slow-barrel-umber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Greenwich
Constituency
Greenwich and Woolwich MP: Matthew Pennycook (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 June 1973
Type
Garden house
Address
Garden House to South East of Rush Grove House, Rush Grove Street Se18
OS grid reference
TQ 429 785
Coordinates
51.48788, 0.05811
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The garden house located to the southeast of Rush Grove House is a late 18th century or early 19th century octagonal building featuring a pointed slate roof with a moderate pitch. The walls are set back on five faces, creating an open loggia. Each face has a round wood arch set in trellis. The walls are rendered brick, and the floor is made of stone. The windows have Gothick bars, with some original leading still intact. The north entrance consists of a French door, and the central chamber has a vaulted roof. There is a narrow back chamber that can only be accessed from an outside door on the west side.

Local climate

Garden House to South East of Rush Grove House 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 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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