Japanese Summer House Batsford Park Arboretum is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1985. Summer-house.

Japanese Summer House Batsford Park Arboretum

WRENN ID
steep-gravel-dock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cotswold
Constituency
North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 January 1985
Type
Summer-house
Address
Japanese Summer House Batsford Park Arboretum, Bourton-On-The-Hill
OS grid reference
SP 181 336
Coordinates
52.00077, -1.73717
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Japanese Summer House at Batsford Park Arboretum is a late 19th-century summer house built for Lord Redesdale. It features Flemish bond brickwork and a Roman tile roof. The building has a square single-room plan with a portico at the front and sides, creating a symmetrical facade. It is a single storey with a two-window arrangement, consisting of two-light wooden casements with glazing bars flanking a part-glazed panelled door. The door is accompanied by boards painted with Chinese characters on either side. The roof is almost pyramidal and topped with a curving bronze fish finial, likely of Japanese origin. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Japanese Summer House Batsford Park Arboretum receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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