Boundary Wall and Summer House (Approximately 160 Metres in Length to West of Bingham's Melcombe House) is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1984. Boundary wall, summer house.
Boundary Wall and Summer House (Approximately 160 Metres in Length to West of Bingham's Melcombe House)
- WRENN ID
- worn-gutter-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 1984
- Type
- Boundary wall, summer house
- OS grid reference
- ST 770 021
- Coordinates
- 50.81881, -2.32648
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The boundary wall and summer house, located approximately 160 meters to the west of Bingham's Melcombe House, date back to 1748. The structure is built of brick in Flemish bond, combined with brick and flint. The wall features a moulded brick coping and is buttressed for support. The summer house includes an elliptical brick arch with a pendant keystone, as well as a moulded brick cornice and stone coping.
Local climate
Boundary Wall and Summer House (Approximately 160 Metres in Length to West of Bingham's Melcombe House) receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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