Summer House Approximately 150 Metres South West of Gillingwood Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1969. Summerhouse.

Summer House Approximately 150 Metres South West of Gillingwood Hall

WRENN ID
solemn-span-hemlock
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 February 1969
Type
Summerhouse
OS grid reference
NZ 170 046
Coordinates
54.43695, -1.73895
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The summerhouse, located approximately 150 metres south-west of Gillingwood Hall, dates from the early to mid-18th century and was built for the Wharton family. It features coursed rubble and ashlar sandstone with Westmorland and Welsh slate roofs. The structure has a T-shaped plan and is set into a hillside, comprising two storeys with a basement at the front and three bays.

The north-east front has a central bay that projects slightly. The basement is constructed of coursed rubble with banded rustication, while the upper section is made of ashlar. The central aedicule bay is adorned with four unfluted Roman Doric columns that support a full entablature and pediment. On either side of this bay are shell niches with a sill band and a blind opening above. A cornice runs along the top, and the roof is hipped with Westmorland slate.

The rear of the summerhouse features a narrower range made of coursed rubble with quoins. The central bay is open, showcasing an apsidal rear wall, with two shell niches flanking a brick oculus in an open pediment, also topped with a Westmorland slate roof. The summerhouse is positioned at a higher elevation than Old Gillingwood Hall, offering impressive views to the north-east. It is built into the hillside, with a quarry behind it that likely provided the stone used for Old Gillingwood Hall and its associated buildings.

Local climate

Summer House Approximately 150 Metres South West of Gillingwood Hall receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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