Description

TL 86 SW ICKWORTH ICKWORTH PARK

2/102 Sir John Hervey's
Summerhouse.

GV II

Summer House. 1703 for John Baron Hervey. In the grounds of Ickworth Manor
House which stood east of St. Mary's Church until c.1710. 1 storey, 3 bays.
Red brick with flat pilasters; moulded cornice, parapets with sunk panels
between piers: the central bay has a broken pediment framing a cartouche
surmounted by a crown, both of limestone. Flat roof. Windows with flat arches
of gauged brick and reeded keystones of limestone; large sashes with small
panes. Pair of glazed entrance doors with flat arch of gauged brick with
limestone key stone. On either side, garden walling of red brick, with 2 arms
returning southward about 40 yards; each arm terminated by piers of finely
gauged red brick of early C18 type, with moulded oversailing cornice, plinth,
and scrolled buttress linking pier head to top of wall. Top courses of wall
rebuilt with concrete copings.

Listing NGR: TL8112160959

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26482238

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]