Robin Hood's Hut, About 400 Metres South of Halswell House at St 2545 3334 is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 November 1990. Garden house.

Robin Hood's Hut, About 400 Metres South of Halswell House at St 2545 3334

WRENN ID
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Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Bridgwater MP: Sir Ashley Fox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 November 1990
Type
Garden house
OS grid reference
ST 254 333
Coordinates
51.09439, -3.06599
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Robin Hood's Hut, located about 400 metres south of Halswell House, is a garden house built in 1765. It is possibly designed by Henry Keene or Thomas Wright for Sir Charles Tynte. The structure is made of brick with a rendered finish and features a hipped roof, which was originally thatched but now has clay pantiles and some slates. It has a central brick chimney stack and a rectangular plan that includes a parlour and kitchen flanking a projecting entrance lobby on the south side, as well as a former canted open loggia on the north side. The building is designed in the Gothick Revival style and is a single storey.

The south front has two ogival windows, although the sashes are missing, and it flanks the former loggia, which originally had clustered columns and stone steps leading to the front. There are also fragments of moulded cornicing. The interior has not been inspected, but the loggia contains a fragment of an ornate plaster frieze set above a moulded door architrave. This hut is part of a group of parkland buildings and structures that contribute to one of the most significant picturesque landscapes of its time in Britain. Visitors would first approach the south elevation, which was covered in bark and knotted tree trunks, before entering the loggia to enjoy a spectacular view.

Local climate

Robin Hood's Hut, About 400 Metres South of Halswell House at St 2545 3334 receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% 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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