Beach Hall (The Summer House) Circa 5 Metres South of Witcombe Park is a Grade II* listed building in the Tewkesbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1960. A Victorian Summer house.
Beach Hall (The Summer House) Circa 5 Metres South of Witcombe Park
- WRENN ID
- tilted-casement-holly
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Tewkesbury
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1960
- Type
- Summer house
- Period
- Victorian
- OS grid reference
- SO 911 144
- Coordinates
- 51.82846, -2.12979
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Beach Hall, also known as The Summer House, is a summer house located approximately 5 meters south of Witcombe Park. It is believed to have been built around 1697, although this date is no longer visible. The structure features a limestone plinth and coarse render over lathing, with exposed timber uprights adorned with Ionic capitals at each corner. It has a stone slate roof with a red brick stack and a square plan.
On the west front, there is a central 19th-century door with six flush panels and a moulded architrave, accessed by five segmental limestone steps. To the right, there is a twelve-pane sash window with a moulded architrave. At the rear, a part-glazed 19th-century door with glazing bars leads into the walled garden. The roof is ogee-curved, resting on a twelve-sided base and supported by large wooden brackets featuring simple foliate decoration above the eaves. A cube sundial with a metal gnomon is present on all four sides, topped with a ball finial and weather vane.
Inside, there is a simple 19th-century fireplace, and the ceiling has collapsed, exposing the early roof structure, which consists of a single vertical upright with raking struts extending to the common rafters. The floor is in a state of decay, with holes beginning to appear as of the last survey in February 1987. The building was originally situated at the corner of a walled garden, part of which still remains.
Local climate
Beach Hall (The Summer House) Circa 5 Metres South of Witcombe Park receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% 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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