Description

HUNDERTHWAITE B6277
NZ 02 SW
(East side,off)
11/70 Summerhouse, 180
metres south-east
of Woden Croft
II
Summerhouse. Early C19. Snecked, squared rubble. Stone-flagged roofs.
Square-plan centre block with set-back flanking wings. Gothick style.

2-storey, one-bay centre block has flush quoins. Pointed-arched opening with
flush voussoirs. Wall sundial above flanked by square stone panels with
incised crosses. Sundial has moulded sill and is inscribed:

Disce bene vivere et mori
A THOMAS BRANSOM hoc SOLARIUM, relictum
est Gratitudinis in memoria pro doctri-
na accepta apud Woden Croft Lodge
ab AD 1807 utque 1815

(Learn to live and die well. This sundial was given by Thomas Branson in
grateful memory of the teaching received at Woden Croft Lodge from 1807 to
1815). Centre block has low-pitched pyramidal roof.

Wings have flush quoins and single window openings with flush lintels and
projecting sills. Flat-coped parapets,with end blocks, conceal lean-to roofs
sloping down to rear.

This summerhouse is similar in design and date to an example known as Monks
House. (See item 11/53).

Listing NGR: NZ0094220664

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26453877

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Recommended Books

• 
  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)