Small Room and Sham Ruins at Busbridge Lakes to South of New Pond is a Grade II listed building in the Waverley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1960. Garden ornament.

Small Room and Sham Ruins at Busbridge Lakes to South of New Pond

WRENN ID
standing-trefoil-fog
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Waverley
Constituency
Godalming and Ash MP: Sir Jeremy Hunt (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 March 1960
Type
Garden ornament
Address
Small Room and Sham Ruins at Busbridge Lakes to South of New Pond, Hambledon Road, Munstead and Tuesley
OS grid reference
SU 974 419
Coordinates
51.16819, -0.60751
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The small room and sham ruins at Busbridge Lakes date from the 18th century and are built into the cliffside with a sandstone rubble elevation. The structure features a central door under an arch, flanked by two windows. Inside, the room is circular with a domed ceiling. To the right, the ruins consist of a five-arched screen that leads into a gully, and there are two Romano-British (fake) altar blocks that were originally placed at the bottom of some arches. This building is part of a series of garden ornaments in a Romantic Garden designed by Philip Cartaret Webb between 1750 and 1770. It is also noted in the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Interest in England.

Local climate

Small Room and Sham Ruins at Busbridge Lakes to South of New Pond receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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