Description

WOTTON C.P. GUILDFORD ROAD
TQ 14NW Wotton Park

4/121 The Tortoise House
7/2/72 Wotton House

GV II

Tortoise house. Circa 1820-30. Portland stone, rubblestone and brick with
wooden superstructure and tiled roof. Rectangular. Two storeys. Ionic garden
temple of four bays by two with three Ionic columns to sides and Ionic pilaster
piers to ends supporting architrave frieze and cornice. Upper storey with open
sides divided into bays by thin wooden piers with attached Corinthian pilasters.
Flat roof over with overhanging eaves. The upper floor of the house appears to
have been used as viewing platform for the tortoises which lived in a pool in
the front of the temple. Now in ruinous and near roofless condition. One of
the items mentioned in the Gardens of Wotton House included in the "Register of
Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England: Part 40 Surrey" at
Grade II*.
PEVSNER: Buildings of England (1971) Surrey p.544.
LUCINDA LAMBTON: Beastly Buildings (1985) P.

Listing NGR: TQ1206046921

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26484892

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Oxfordshire (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]
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)