Summerhouse in Front Garden of Laston House is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1951. Summerhouse.

Summerhouse in Front Garden of Laston House

WRENN ID
turning-sentry-pine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Devon
Constituency
North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 June 1951
Type
Summerhouse
Address
Summerhouse in Front Garden of Laston House, New Barnstaple Road, Ilfracombe
OS grid reference
SS 527 473
Coordinates
51.20642, -4.1098
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The summerhouse in the front garden of Laston House dates from the early 19th century. It is constructed of whitewashed rubble and features a thatched roof. The structure is open-fronted with a curved wall at the rear and has a conical thatched roof with a dog-toothed ridge. The open front forms a shallow elliptical arch, supported by a central timber post.

Local climate

Summerhouse in Front Garden of Laston House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,150 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 3 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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