Summerhouse, Traquair House is a Grade A listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 August 1993. Summerhouse.

Summerhouse, Traquair House

WRENN ID
last-tin-pearl
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 August 1993
Type
Summerhouse
OS grid reference
NT 331 353
Coordinates
55.60741, -3.06318
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The summerhouse at Traquair House, dated 1834, is a circular structure featuring a thatched conical roof. It has a softwood frame and lathes, with external walls made of heather thatch and an overhanging reed-thatched roof. The building includes two pointed arched openings.

Inside, the walls display a herringbone pattern, and there is an inlaid date of '1834' along with a coronet cipher made from contrasting materials. The interior also features a continuous arcaded bench, though most of its supports are missing, and a circular pedestal table crafted from matching hazel twigs. The ceiling is adorned with heather and includes a contrasting star detail and ribs.

Local climate

Summerhouse, Traquair House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 65 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 43 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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