Description

SUMMER LANE
1.
5176
Withycombe Raleigh
A-la-Ronde
SY 08 SW 6/1 6.12.49.
I
2.
1798. A circular stone cottage ornee built by the Misses Jane and Mary Parminter.
The cottage consists of the central octagon which is thought to have been modelled
on the basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna. (The Misses Parminter visited Italy
and much of Europe between 1784 and 1794). The octagon is surrounded by 8 rooms
each connected to the rest through an ante-room. Above the octagon is a gallery
the outer wall of which is covered with designs in shells and feathers probably
planned as an C18 domestic echo of the mosaics of San Vitale. This gallery
is reached by a tiny staircase with grottos covered with designs in shells and
other materials. Other rooms have some interesting craft work by the Misses
Parminter including a feather frieze in the drawing room. Originally had thatched
roof terminating in an octagonal gallery with bell cupola above. Tiled roof
and dormers added early C20. Sash windows with diagonal glazing bars and diamond
shaped windows to ante rooms.

Listing NGR: SY0048083390

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• A La Ronde at Wikipedia
• A La Ronde official website
• Wikidata Q4657615

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Recommended Books

• 
  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
• 
  Old House Care and Repair
• 
  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
• 
  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)