The Hermitage is a Grade I listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 July 1966. Sham ruin.
The Hermitage
- WRENN ID
- eastward-landing-scarlet
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Buckingham and Bletchley MP: Callum Anderson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 July 1966
- Type
- Sham ruin
- Address
- The Hermitage, Stowe
- OS grid reference
- SP 675 368
- Coordinates
- 52.02584, -1.01693
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hermitage, also known as Shepherds Cove, is a sham ruin built before 1732 by architect William Kent. It features rock-faced stone and an elliptical arched opening with heavy voussoirs. The pediment is adorned with a carved wreath and panpipes, and there is a small incomplete turret on the right that has a round arched opening.
Local climate
The Hermitage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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