Octagonal Shelter in Grounds to east of Whitchurch Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 April 1994. Garden shelter.

Octagonal Shelter in Grounds to east of Whitchurch Hospital

WRENN ID
far-rafter-wax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cardiff
Constituency
Cardiff North MP: Anna McMorrin (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
15 April 1994
Type
Garden shelter
OS grid reference
ST 147 806
Coordinates
51.51799, -3.23031
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The building is an octagonal timber garden shelter located in the grounds to the east of Whitchurch Hospital. It features a broadly corrugated roof with a shaped and pierced valance and a boarded ceiling. The roof is supported by pillars, with the upper halves designed as turned balusters.

Inside, the shelter has four bays created by screens that include glazing bars. These screens are complemented by planked benches and splayed sides positioned midway between the main pillars.

Local climate

Octagonal Shelter in Grounds to east of Whitchurch Hospital sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 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 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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