Summer House Approximately 15 Metres South West of Watercombe House is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1974. Summer house.
Summer House Approximately 15 Metres South West of Watercombe House
- WRENN ID
- cold-joist-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1974
- Type
- Summer house
- OS grid reference
- SO 925 048
- Coordinates
- 51.74267, -2.10999
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The summer house, built in 1841 by Thomas Baker for himself, is located approximately 15 meters southwest of Watercombe House. It is constructed from coursed rubble limestone and features reused Roman stone slates along with a clay pantile roof. The building is two stories tall, with the east-facing gable end showcasing many Roman bricks arranged in bands and square Roman clay tiles, some of which are set diagonally.
The entrance on the lower level has an off-centre doorway with a six-panel door and a stone lintel. On the upper floor, there is a central sash window with Gothick glazing bars. Additionally, there is a small-paned fixed-light window on the south side and another sash window with Gothick glazing bars above. A flight of stone steps on the north side leads to a doorway at the rear on the upper level. The lower part of the roof slope incorporates Roman stone slates, hung diagonally.
Thomas Baker is noted for his work in investigating the Lillyhorn Roman villa near Bournes Green, with many of the finds being sent to the British Museum and incorporated into this building, which was intended to display a more extensive collection of Roman artefacts.
Local climate
Summer House Approximately 15 Metres South West of Watercombe House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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