Summerhouse to North East of Missenden Abbey is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1983. Summerhouse.

Summerhouse to North East of Missenden Abbey

WRENN ID
long-eave-twilight
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 March 1983
Type
Summerhouse
Address
Summerhouse to North East of Missenden Abbey, High Street, Great Missenden
OS grid reference
SP 898 010
Coordinates
51.70085, -0.70169
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The summerhouse located to the north-east of Missenden Abbey dates from around 1800 and is constructed of rubble flint and brick. It features a slate roof that is hidden behind a parapet. The building is a single storey and has three open arches at the center, supported by rusticated piers, voussoirs, and carved stone keyblocks. The side sections are made of brick and have blank recesses with flat brick arches and impost bands. At the center, there is a shallow gable or pediment topped with a castellated parapet that extends over the side sections. The summerhouse is situated over a stream that flows into the landscape to the south.

Local climate

Summerhouse to North East of Missenden Abbey sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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