The Summerhouse of West Dean Park in the Former Kitchen Garden to the North East of the House, Now Part of Home Farm is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 January 1986. Summerhouse.
The Summerhouse of West Dean Park in the Former Kitchen Garden to the North East of the House, Now Part of Home Farm
- WRENN ID
- sunken-flint-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Chichester MP: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 January 1986
- Type
- Summerhouse
- OS grid reference
- SU 863 127
- Coordinates
- 50.90747, -0.77298
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Summerhouse of West Dean Park is an early 19th century building located in the former kitchen garden to the northeast of the house, now part of Home Farm. This small, round structure is faced with flints and features red brick dressings. It has a conical thatched roof and includes two pointed casement windows with a doorway situated between them, topped by a pointed fanlight.
Local climate
The Summerhouse of West Dean Park in the Former Kitchen Garden to the North East of the House, Now Part of Home Farm receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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