Pergola Continuing to the Left Along the South Wall of the Offices That Are on the Garden Front of Dropmore House is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1985. Pergola. 2 related planning applications.

Pergola Continuing to the Left Along the South Wall of the Offices That Are on the Garden Front of Dropmore House

WRENN ID
third-rubble-hazel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Beaconsfield MP: Joy Morrissey (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 April 1985
Type
Pergola
Address
Pergola Continuing to the Left Along the South Wall of the Offices That Are on the Garden Front of Dropmore House, Heathfield Road, Taplow, SL1 8PD
OS grid reference
SU 926 860
Coordinates
51.5656, -0.66525
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The pergola is located along the south wall of the offices on the garden front of Dropmore House and dates from the 19th century. It features wooden trellis work that continues the arched pattern of the pergola. The structure is punctuated by garden lodges made of brick with slate roofs, which are adorned with tetrastyle Doric columns, an entablature, and a pediment, all crafted from wood.

Local climate

Pergola Continuing to the Left Along the South Wall of the Offices That Are on the Garden Front of Dropmore House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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