Description

CREWKERNE

ST4409 EAST STREET
876-1/7/73 (North side)
12/06/50 Gazebo, steps, terraces and walls to
north-west of Merefield House
(Formerly Listed as:
EAST STREET
(North side)
Gates, railings & walls to grounds &
summerhouse to grounds of Merefield
House)

GV II*

Gazebo. Early C18.
MATERIALS: stucco forward-facing gable, Flemish-bond brick to
the rest, with slate roof and brick stack to rear gable end.
PLAN: square plan.
EXTERIOR: single-storey; 2-window range. A steep Dutch gable
with moulded coping, supports a formerly gilded eagle at the
apex, and a sun dial to the front. 4 pilasters below a moulded
cornice articulate 3 narrow bays; the outer ones have tall
windows of 6 rows of 3 panes, in moulded architraves with
segmental arches and keystones.
To the centre is a lower, flat, moulded hood with a concave
front, over a C20 door.
INTERIOR: virtually complete early C18. The square coved
ceiling has a hemi-spherical dome to the centre with pendant
vine leaves and grapes, set in a square moulded frame with
oramented spandrels. There is a fine box-cornice over
full-height panelling above the dado, plain below, and some
original skirting boards. The limestone fireplace has an eared
architrave with stone hobs and a C20 free-standing stove in
front; above it is one large panel to the top, a narrow
horizontal one to the centre, and paired raised panels above
the fireplace. This is flanked by shell alcoves with fretted
shelves and raised-and-fielded panels to cupboards below. The
floor is of limestone squares with small slate squares inset
at the corners.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: a long flight of stone steps and terraces
lead up to the door; high brick walls with Ham Hill stone
coping moulded to the edges, enclose the garden to the south
and meet the late C19 wing of Merefield House (qv); these
sweep up to join the facade of the gazebo just below the
cornice. Fine lead urns stand on each corner to the north, and
the lower flights of steps are flanked by 2 pairs of piers
with raised and field panels.
This is a fine example of a town house gazebo with its
associated terraced garden.

Listing NGR: ST4425109860

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17554204

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Recommended Books

• 
  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
• 
  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
• 
  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
• 
  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)