Description

MUCH MARCLE CP -
SO 63 SE

8/65 Summerhouse about 100 yards
west-south-west of
6.3.67 Homme House

- I

Summerhouse. Late C17 and altered in C18. Sandstone rubble with sandstone
dressings, hipped stone slate roofs and wooden lantern. Octagonal plan
with small octagonal stair turret attached to south. Two storeys. Three
oval openings light newel from different sides which has 4-centred entrance
with ledged and studded C17 door on south side; a pair of triangular-headed
C18 wrought iron casements to each face of the upper floor of the main
octagon except where attached to stair turret and square western stack, which
has a cyclindrical stone shaft junctured by four decorative oval openings
near the top, one facing each cardinal point. Interior: chamfered segmental
heads to stone fireplace on each floor. An unusually designed and well
detailed example of a summerhouse in unrestored condition. (RCHM Vol II, p 139).

Listing NGR: SO6526531788

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17530077

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Recommended Books

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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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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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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback