Cob Summerhouse Approximately 30 Metres North North East of Bishop's Manor Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 May 1988. A C18 Summerhouse.

Cob Summerhouse Approximately 30 Metres North North East of Bishop's Manor Farmhouse

WRENN ID
haunted-courtyard-wind
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of White Horse
Constituency
Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 May 1988
Type
Summerhouse
OS grid reference
SU 494 895
Coordinates
51.60262, -1.28794
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a summerhouse located approximately 30 metres north-north-east of Bishop's Manor Farmhouse. It is probably from the 18th century, with a 19th-century roof. The structure features cob walls and a hipped thatched roof. It has a single-cell plan and is a single-storey, single-bay range. There is a round-headed archway at the centre. Inside, there are wooden benches around the walls. The summerhouse is included for its group value with the nearby farmhouse.

Local climate

Cob Summerhouse Approximately 30 Metres North North East of Bishop's Manor Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% 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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