Gazebo at Biddesden House is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 1988. Gazebo.
Gazebo at Biddesden House
- WRENN ID
- late-chapel-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 June 1988
- Type
- Gazebo
- Address
- Gazebo at Biddesden House, Biddesden Lane, Ludgershall
- OS grid reference
- SU 293 509
- Coordinates
- 51.2574, -1.58098
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gazebo at Biddesden House, built around 1933 by George Kennedy, is an important structure located on a hilltop. It is constructed of flint with brick dressings and features a tiled roof. The gazebo consists of a rectangular chamber and a rectangular tower that is set at an angle on the south side, both overlooking a swimming pool to the west. The entrance is from a fruit garden to the east. Notable features include a stone oriel window with columns and a parapet, concealed sashes, and a sash window with a segmental head. The tower is topped with a copper dome that has a large knob. Inside the tower, there are niches adorned with mosaics of the three muses—Erato, Clio, and Thalia—along with a mosaic dome and floor, all created by Boris Anrep. The main chamber contains a painting by Roland Pym, a marble sculpture of a naked Venus by E. Gazzeri from Rome, and a verde antico statue of a young Apollo as a hunter.
Local climate
Gazebo at Biddesden House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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