Description

ST 91 NW TOLLARD ROYAL LARMER GROUNDS
(north side)

8/194 Lower Indian Room

GV II

Ornamental Indian pavilion. Rebuilt on present site c1880. Timber
framed with lathe and plaster panels, asphalt hipped roof. Two-
storey, open-fronted. Open front to ground floor with carved post
to left of centre, carved double doors either side with carved
wooden canopies. First floor has finely carved wooden frieze below
horizontal sliding glazed windows, shuttered window to left, glazed
fixed window to right, both in finely carved surrounds. Heavily
carved brackets to deep eaves of shallow-pitched roof. Rear has 2-
storey verandah on carved wooden posts, wooden steps to first floor
and to raised ground floor. One of a group of Indian buildings
erected by General Pitt-Rivers in the Larmer Grounds for
recreational purposes and to illustrate an unfamiliar culture to
the public who were invited to visit the gardens during the last
two decades of C19. One of only two remaining Indian buildings in
the Larmer Grounds. (N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England,
Wiltshire, 1975; Unpublished notes of Mr. M. Pitt-Rivers).

Listing NGR: ST9426516976

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26543158

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)