Summerhouse at Approximately 120 Metres North of the Downs is a Grade II* listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1988. Summerhouse.
Summerhouse at Approximately 120 Metres North of the Downs
- WRENN ID
- third-plaster-ivy
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 January 1988
- Type
- Summerhouse
- OS grid reference
- SW 555 368
- Coordinates
- 50.1811, -5.42569
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The summerhouse, located approximately 120 metres north of The Downs, is a Grade II* listed structure built around 1880. It was designed by E and J D Sedding for Mr. Rawlings and is situated in a planned garden. The building is constructed from dressed elvan with granite dressings and features a dry Delabole slate roof with granite coped gable ends and crested clay ridge tiles.
This single-storey summerhouse has a single cell plan and showcases Gothic style elements. The south front is symmetrical, featuring a central two-bay pointed-arched arcade with a steep gable above. The arches are supported by Tuscan responds and a central column. There is a louvred ventilator in the gable, and the side walls include central chamfered doorways, also topped with gables that have central ventilators.
Inside, the summerhouse retains its original plastered interior, which includes steps leading down from the front, a stone bench at the rear, and a blind oculus above.
Local climate
Summerhouse at Approximately 120 Metres North of the Downs receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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