Stone Shelter with Seat to East of Sunken Garden at Westonbirt House is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1987. Shelter.

Stone Shelter with Seat to East of Sunken Garden at Westonbirt House

WRENN ID
frozen-dormer-flax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cotswold
Constituency
South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 March 1987
Type
Shelter
Address
Stone Shelter with Seat to East of Sunken Garden at Westonbirt House, A433, Westonbirt with Lasborough
OS grid reference
ST 866 895
Coordinates
51.60484, -2.19361
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The stone shelter with a seat located to the east of the sunken garden at Westonbirt House is a large ornamental structure dating from around the 1860s, possibly designed by Lewis Vulliamy. It features an overhanging cornice adorned with small shell niche patterns and a moulded ceiling decorated with roundels and carved cones that create a fan vaulting effect. This ceiling is supported on the sides of the seat by large, elaborate stone scrolls. The rear of the shelter has three arched shallow recesses decorated with fired clay, and the floor is covered with decorative tiles. Low moulded walls extend out in two quadrants, with a similar short wall opposite, situated at the edge of the sunken garden to the west, which contains a round pool and a bronze statue of Mercury at its center.

Local climate

Stone Shelter with Seat to East of Sunken Garden at Westonbirt House receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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