Garden Alcove Situated Within Bowling Green Enclosure is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1988. A C18 Garden alcove.
Garden Alcove Situated Within Bowling Green Enclosure
- WRENN ID
- kindled-lime-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight East MP: Joe Robertson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 July 1988
- Type
- Garden alcove
- Address
- Garden Alcove Situated Within Bowling Green Enclosure, Knighton Shute, Newchurch
- OS grid reference
- SZ 566 869
- Coordinates
- 50.67943, -1.19992
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The garden alcove, dating from the 18th century, is located within the bowling green enclosure in Newchurch. It is constructed of red brick and features a round-headed porch with a keystone and ramped sides. The interior is shaped like a beehive. This structure likely originally included seating for spectators to watch bowling and provided shelter during bad weather. It is noted as an unusual example of an 18th-century garden building.
Local climate
Garden Alcove Situated Within Bowling Green Enclosure receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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