Garden Wall Attached Summerhouse And Privy At Kelmscott Manor

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

KELMSCOTT Garden wall with attached SU29NE 5/86 summerhouse and privy at Kelmscott Manor GV II

Garden wall, summerhouse and privy. Wall. Probably mid-to late C18. Uncoursed limestone rubble with coping, ramped near corners on west side, to north side and northern part of east side; squared and coursed rubble to south side and southern part of east side and low stone wall with iron railings to remainder of west side. Encloses an area approximately 70 x 40m roughly, the shape of a parallelogram, forming the garden of Kelmscott Manor (q.v.). Principal entrance is towards south end of east side; gateway with raised narrow gable running along axis of wall has plank door in moulded surround with apparently reused pointed strap hinges. A few metres to the north (at the point where the regularly coursed stonework turns to rubble) is a polygonal summerhouse.

Probably late C19. Open to garden side with wooden posts supporting stone slate roof with stone ball finial. At the south-west corner of the wall, immediately to the north-west of the service range of Kelmscott Manor, is a privy. Probably early C19. Rendered uncoursed limestone rubble, scored in imitation of dressed stone; pyramidal stone slate roof with overhanging eaves and stone ball finial.

Square plan, rounded to south-west corner. Single storey. Boarded door with bracketed lean-to hood on east side and leaded lattticed window to north side.

Interior. Has triple-seater earth closet.

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Listing NGR: SU2512598894

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/2185 IOE Records taken by Ben White; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Ben White. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project