The Alcove, Weston Park is a Grade II listed building in the Milton Keynes local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 March 1952. Garden building.

The Alcove, Weston Park

WRENN ID
fossil-cornice-plover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Milton Keynes
Constituency
Milton Keynes North MP: Chris Curtis (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 March 1952
Type
Garden building
Address
The Alcove, Weston Park, Wood Lane, Weston Underwood
OS grid reference
SP 861 513
Coordinates
52.15397, -0.7426
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Alcove, located in Weston Park, is a garden building dating from the mid-18th century. It has a hexagonal shape and is constructed of coursed rubblestone, with the interior rendered. The front is open and features two Doric columns, an entablature, and a hipped slate roof. There are seats along the back walls. The Alcove was built as a viewpoint along the path that led from the Rustic Bridge to The Wilderness via the now-felled Lime Avenue in Weston Park. It was a popular spot for the poet William Cowper during his time in Olney and later at Cowper's House in Weston Underwood.

Local climate

The Alcove, Weston Park sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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