Wind And Weather Hut is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1992. A Victorian Memorial.

Wind And Weather Hut

WRENN ID: open-groin-yew
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Exmoor National Park
Country: England
Date first listed: 19 June 1992
Type: Memorial
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SS 94 NW SELWORTHY

4/10000 Wind & Weather Hut II Memorial. Erected 1878 by John Barton Arundel Acland of Holnicote, New Zealand, the youngest son of Thomas Dyke Acland (1787-1871). Built of ashlar, it is of rectangular plan with a hipped stone roof and chamfered piers framing recesses with seats set under inscriptions. These include poems extolling the beauties of the countryside by Heber and Keble and an inscription in commemoration of Thomas Dyke Acland, who holds an important place in the history of the Picturesque movement for his improvement of the Selworthy estate, particularly notable being the cottages around Selworthy Green (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SS9147447660

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