Description

SW 83 SE GERRANS

5/15 Summer house and garden walls to - N.E. of Rosteague house

GV II

Summer house and adjoining garden walls. Circa mid-late C19, walls earlier. Nearly conical Somerset reed thatch over wheat reed original roof to summer house and cob and slatestone rubble garden walls with slate copings. Summer house is in north-east corner of walled formal rectangular garden attached to Rosteague house to south-east. Front of summer house facing south east is open and supported on rustic tree trunks with original thatch arched between tree trunk posts. Interior has original rustic roof structure, beach pebble patterned floor and wall covering of shells arranged in small squares with floral pattern to each. To centre of wall is reused C17 Baroque carving of Abraham and Isaac with goat. Upper part of terraced geometric box garden, known as The French Garden is thought to be C16 or C17 in origin.

Listing NGR: SW8739733571

External Links

• Wikidata Q26614257

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)