Description

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SP4126
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SANDFORD ST.MARTIN
LEDWELL ROAD (West side)
Summerhouse approximately 200 metres north west of Sandford Park

(Formerly listed under WORTON ROAD)

GV
II*
Summerhouse. Late C18. Timber with a Stonesfield slate cladding and roof. Back-to back three-quarter circular alcoves in Chinoiserie style. Front of each alcove has a round-headed archway below a shallow pediment, and has fretwork scrolls infilling the spandrels and pediment. The slate-clad sides are serpentine, and the roof is surmounted by a square cupola with Chinese-trellis balustrade, open fretwork frieze of bells and an ogee roof with wooden finial. Interior: each alcove has a wooden vault radiating from a central rosette, and is furnished with white Chinoiserie curved benches with trellis backs and foot rests.

Summerhouse stands between two lakes in the gardens of Sandford Park.

Listing NGR: SP4180826812

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17533528

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