Summerhouse Approximately 40 Metres to North of Orchard Lea House is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 December 1955. Summerhouse.
Summerhouse Approximately 40 Metres to North of Orchard Lea House
- WRENN ID
- small-step-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 December 1955
- Type
- Summerhouse
- OS grid reference
- SP 474 257
- Coordinates
- 51.92834, -1.31094
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This summerhouse, located approximately 40 meters north of Orchard Lea House, is likely from the early 19th century but could possibly date back to the 18th century. It is constructed from brick and limestone rubble, topped with a Stonesfield-slate roof, and features a rectangular plan in the Gothick style. The symmetrical brick front has three tall openings beneath a continuous stone band; the central door and the flanking 12-pane sash windows all have ogee heads formed within the top rail. The sides and rear of the structure are made of rubble, with a large window at the rear. The roof has a longer slope at the back. Orchard Lea House was purchased around 1760 by John McClary, the chief gardener at Rousham Park, who may have built the summerhouse under the influence of William Kent.
Local climate
Summerhouse Approximately 40 Metres to North of Orchard Lea House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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