Summer House and Terrace 80 Metres North of Roborough House is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. A Late 19th century Summerhouse.
Summer House and Terrace 80 Metres North of Roborough House
- WRENN ID
- quiet-spandrel-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1984
- Type
- Summerhouse
- Period
- Late 19th century
- OS grid reference
- SS 567 350
- Coordinates
- 51.09694, -4.04738
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The summer house and terrace, located approximately 80 metres north of Roborough House, is a rustic timber structure dating from the late 19th century. It features a conical roof thatched with wheat-reed, supported by tree branch uprights with bark. The front of the summer house has three open bays, while the back is filled with halved branch ribs and infill that creates a fanned vaulting pattern, supported by small rustic branch brackets. A bench made of rustic timber posts runs along the back wall, with a central table on a single post. The summer house is positioned in front of a terrace, which has a rounded retaining wall made of shale rubble, featuring a four-centred arch opening and narrow slits on either side that resemble a ruin. The interior is brick-vaulted and lined. This structure is one of several elements that contribute to the landscaped garden surrounding Roborough House.
Local climate
Summer House and Terrace 80 Metres North of Roborough House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% 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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