Summerhouse in Garden to West of Prince Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1987. Summerhouse.
Summerhouse in Garden to West of Prince Hill
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 April 1987
- Type
- Summerhouse
- Address
- Summerhouse in Garden to West of Prince Hill, High Street, Worton
- OS grid reference
- ST 973 573
- Coordinates
- 51.31529, -2.0397
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The summerhouse, built in the early 20th century, is an octagonal structure made of red brick with ashlar dressings and a plain tile pyramid roof. It features ashlar flush quoins, a plinth, a moulded eaves cornice, and architraves surrounding 12-pane sash windows on six sides. There are doors on the east and west sides, each set in ashlar bolection-moulded doorcases. The walls are adorned with inset marble reliefs that reflect Roman or Italian Renaissance styles.
Local climate
Summerhouse in Garden to West of Prince Hill receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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