Summer House Approximately 70 Metres to South of Halecat House is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1989. Summer house.
Summer House Approximately 70 Metres to South of Halecat House
- WRENN ID
- sacred-corner-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 April 1989
- Type
- Summer house
- OS grid reference
- SD 434 835
- Coordinates
- 54.24418, -2.86954
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This summer house, located approximately 70 meters south of Halecat House, was likely built in the mid to late 19th century. It is constructed from dressed stone and features a slate roof. The building has an octagonal shape topped with a pyramidal roof. The sides of the structure have ogee-headed openings that are adorned with plaster surrounds and small-panel glazing, which includes fragments of 16th or 17th century stained glass. There are three entrances designed in a similar style, and the roof is topped with a weather cock.
Local climate
Summer House Approximately 70 Metres to South of Halecat House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,520 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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