Description

WESTONBIRT WITH A433
ST 88 NE
LASBOROUGH (off south side)
10/180 Stone shelter with seat to
east of sunken garden
at Westonbirt House
GV II

Large ornamental stone shelter with wooden seat and flanking
attached low walls. c1860s, possibly by Lewis Vulliamy.
Overhanging cornice with small shell niche patterns, moulded
ceiling with roundels and carved cones hanging down in form of fan
vaulting, the whole supported on sides of seat by huge elaborate
stone scrolls. Three arched shallow recesses to rear with
decoration in fired clay, decorative tile floor. Low moulded
walls sweep out in 2 quadrants, with similar short piece of wall
opposite on edge of sunken garden to west with round pool and
bronze statue of Mercury in centre.

Listing NGR: ST8668889573

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26529160

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)