Description

SP 61 NE WOTTON UNDERWOOD WOTTON HOUSE

3/172 Tuscan Pavilions (formerly
listed under Wotton House)

25.10.51

GV II

Pair of garden pavilions. 1750s, repaired and largely reconstructed in the
1980s. Each pavilion takes the form of a small temple with a pedimented wooden
portico of 4 Tuscan columns at each end. Short lath and plaster side walls and
single cross wall, slate roofs. Pavilions overlook the lake and are set
at slight angle to wide avenue along main axis of house.
Illustrated in Country Life 1949 July 8th.

The historic designed landscape surrounding an early-C18 country house, with a contemporary layout, probably by George London and Henry Wise, developed into an extensive mid-C18 park for George Grenville by Lancelot Brown; William Pitt, later first Earl of Chatham, is credited with significant input with regard to the design.

Listing NGR: SP6810616061

The List entry was subject to a Minor Enhancement on 10 August 2016 as part of the tercentenary celebration of Lancelot Capability Brown's birth.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26452827

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)