Summer House, Roe Valley Country Park, Limavady, Co Londonderry, BT49 9EY is a listed building in the Causeway Coast and Glens local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Summer House, Roe Valley Country Park, Limavady, Co Londonderry, BT49 9EY
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-copper-saffron
- Grade
- Local Planning Authority
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Constituency
- East Londonderry MP: Mr Gregory Campbell (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Irish grid reference
- C 674 204
- Coordinates
- 55.02683, -6.94669
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This is a single-story circular stone summer house situated within Roe Valley Country Park, near Limavady, County Londonderry. The structure dates from approximately 1780 to 1799 and is located on a rise overlooking the River Roe, close to a weir. It is notable for its historical significance as a remnant of the Alexander family's Deer Park estate, acquired in 1766, and their associated mill and bleach green. The summer house was originally built as a bathing and fishing facility.
The building has a conical roof covered in rubber tiles and features brick detailing around its four equally-spaced window openings. A blackened hole on the north side serves as a chimney exit. A path with stone steps leads from the south-facing entrance down to the weir and sluice gate. The summer house is shown on the Ordnance Survey Map of 1831. While initially constructed in the late 18th century, the building has undergone substantial rebuilding. The location of the summer house, together with the nearby weir, contributes significantly to the picturesque setting of O’Cahan’s Rock within the country park.
Local climate
Summer House, Roe Valley Country Park, Limavady, Co Londonderry, BT49 9EY sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,140 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% 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 0.2°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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