Gazebo Adjacent to West Return of Shovel House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1987. A C19 Gazebo.
Gazebo Adjacent to West Return of Shovel House
- WRENN ID
- swift-copper-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Bridgwater MP: Sir Ashley Fox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 1987
- Type
- Gazebo
- OS grid reference
- ST 282 325
- Coordinates
- 51.08743, -3.02597
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gazebo, located adjacent to the west return of Shovel House, dates from the early 19th century. It is constructed of roughcast with a conical tile roof topped by a ball finial and features a brick stack. Designed in the cottage ornee style, the gazebo is circular in plan and has wide eaves that create a verandah all around, supported by rustic poles. It includes sash windows with glazing bars and a half-glazed door. This structure is included in the listing primarily for its group value.
Local climate
Gazebo Adjacent to West Return of Shovel House receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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