Summerhouse, About 70 Metres West of North Perrott Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1987. Summerhouse.

Summerhouse, About 70 Metres West of North Perrott Manor House

WRENN ID
plain-hammer-woodpecker
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 December 1987
Type
Summerhouse
OS grid reference
ST 466 096
Coordinates
50.88342, -2.75951
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The summerhouse, located about 70 metres west of North Perrott Manor House, was built in 1880 and is likely designed by the architect T.H. Wyatt. It is constructed from Ham stone ashlar and features a hipped conical roof covered with plain clay tiles and lead capping. The building has an octagonal plan and is a single storey, set on a wide paved plinth that includes a chamfered plinth, cill mould, cornice, and fluted Ionic pilasters at each corner, topped with obelisk finials.

The north-east face of the summerhouse has a moulded doorway with a three-centre arch, featuring a pair of part-glazed doors. The arch is decorated with incised spandrils and a keystone. On either side of the doorway are modified Venetian windows with raised sidelights and diamond glazing. The rear faces of the structure are blank. The summerhouse is positioned against a 3-metre high stone wall. Inside, there is a timber boarded ceiling with ribs arranged in a stellar pattern. This carefully detailed building is an important feature of the later 19th-century formal garden.

Local climate

Summerhouse, About 70 Metres West of North Perrott Manor House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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