Summerhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1987. Summerhouse.
Summerhouse
- WRENN ID
- dim-attic-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1987
- Type
- Summerhouse
- Address
- Summerhouse, Chatsworth, Derbyshire Dales
- OS grid reference
- SK 263 701
- Coordinates
- 53.22814, -1.60636
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Summerhouse, known as Luttrell's Seat, is a Grade II listed structure located in Chatsworth Gardens. It was built in 1839, likely designed by Paxton & Robertson, and is constructed in a Saracenic style using sandstone ashlar and Aberdeen granite. The building has a rectangular plan with a roof that is concealed behind a parapet.
The south elevation features a two-bay open arcade with horseshoe arches supported by a polished granite column with a carved capital from Palermo. The pilasters display decorative geometrical patterns, and there is incised decorative work around the arches. The overhanging roof is held up by moulded stone brackets, with incised decoration on the underside of the eaves, and the parapet is adorned with stepped triangular motifs.
The side and rear walls of the summerhouse are solid with no openings. Inside, there are similar blind arches on the sides and two at the rear, supported by colonnettes. A continuous moulded sill band runs around the interior, with incised decoration around the arches. There is a bench on moulded brackets, and a text from Virgil, dated 1839, is inscribed on the wall. The surrounding Gardens and Park are registered at Grade I.
Local climate
Summerhouse receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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