Summerhouse 15 Metres South West of Lavengro (Lavengro Not Included) is a Grade II listed building in the The Broads Authority local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1993. Summerhouse.
Summerhouse 15 Metres South West of Lavengro (Lavengro Not Included)
- WRENN ID
- moated-storey-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- The Broads Authority
- Constituency
- Lowestoft MP: Jess Asato (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 June 1993
- Type
- Summerhouse
- OS grid reference
- TM 509 928
- Coordinates
- 52.47594, 1.6944
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The summerhouse, located 15 meters southwest of Lavengro, dates from around 1830 and has been altered over time. It is constructed with a timber frame and is weatherboarded on a brick plinth. A brick extension was added to the west around 1850, and it features a late 20th-century felt roof. The building has a square plan with chamfered corners, giving it an octagonal appearance. There are half-glazed doors on the southeast and northeast sides, with replaced windows on the south side. The roof is pyramidal, ending in a small octagonal lantern.
This summerhouse has historical significance as it was associated with George Borrow, who lived at Oulton Cottage from 1840 to 1853 and again from 1874 to 1881, passing away there in 1881. It served as his study, and he wrote his novel "Lavengro," published in 1851, entirely within this building. Oulton Cottage was demolished after 1885, and a new house named Lavengro was built, which is not included in this listing.
Local climate
Summerhouse 15 Metres South West of Lavengro (Lavengro Not Included) receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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