Summerhouse Approximately 20 Metres Approximately North West of Port House is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1986. Summerhouse.
Summerhouse Approximately 20 Metres Approximately North West of Port House
- WRENN ID
- guardian-turret-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1986
- Type
- Summerhouse
- OS grid reference
- SU 575 942
- Coordinates
- 51.64442, -1.16906
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The summerhouse, located approximately 20 meters northwest of Port House, dates from the early 19th century. It is constructed of cob and features a Welsh-slate roof. The building has a square plan and is a single storey. The front of the summerhouse includes an entrance with an arched trellis porch. The side walls are adorned with pointed arched windows that have Gothick leaded casements and shutters. The pyramidal roof has wide eaves and is topped with a central weathervane. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Summerhouse Approximately 20 Metres Approximately North West of Port House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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