Summerhouse Approximately 75 Metres to South West of Stokecliff is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1990. Summerhouse.
Summerhouse Approximately 75 Metres to South West of Stokecliff
- WRENN ID
- rusted-gallery-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 February 1990
- Type
- Summerhouse
- OS grid reference
- SX 879 505
- Coordinates
- 50.34424, -3.57563
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The summerhouse, known as "the temple" by the residents of Stokecliff, dates from around 1820 to 1830. It is constructed from plastered stone rubble, although the roof material is missing. The building is set into a steep hillside, with the back part enclosed by stone walls and the front designed to resemble a classical temple, featuring an open colonnade.
The exterior showcases a Roman Doric style, with a three-bay colonnade of timber columns. As of August 1990, the outer two columns had collapsed and the middle two were leaning. The colonnade supports a Doric frieze adorned with mutules and triglyphs, all beneath a false pediment at the front gable end of the roof, which currently lacks cladding.
Inside, the plastered stone walls feature a series of round-headed niches—three on the back wall and one on each side wall—likely intended for statues or night lights. There are also remains of an old wooden bench, which is probably not an original feature, and the roof is supported by boarded common rafters.
Local climate
Summerhouse Approximately 75 Metres to South West of Stokecliff receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 2 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% 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 0.2°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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