Gardenhouse at Saltram House is a Grade II* listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 March 1960. A 18th century Summerhouse. 1 related planning application.

Gardenhouse at Saltram House

WRENN ID
small-screen-vale
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Plymouth
Constituency
South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 March 1960
Type
Summerhouse
Address
Gardenhouse at Saltram House, Merafield Road, City of Plymouth, PL7 1SH
OS grid reference
SX 515 556
Coordinates
50.38233, -4.08887
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Gardenhouse at Saltram House is a summerhouse dating from around 1772, possibly designed by Stockman, who also created the Orangery. It features a roughcast render with a plinth, an impost string, and an embattled parapet above the string, topped with a flat roof. The structure has a fairly small octagonal plan and is a single storey over a basement. Alternate sides of the building are blind, while the others have ogee-arched openings. The windows and doorway include leaded glazing with 2-light and transomed designs, and the doorway has a pair of 3-panel doors. The basement contains windows and a doorway from the 16th or 17th century, which likely originated from the main house. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Gardenhouse at Saltram House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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