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

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26614257

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy