Sir John Hervey's Summerhouse
SIR JOHN HERVEY'S SUMMERHOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1187002
- Date first listed:
- 25-Aug-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Sir John Hervey's Summerhouse
- Statutory Address:
- SIR JOHN HERVEY'S SUMMERHOUSE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1187002
- Date first listed:
- 25-Aug-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Sir John Hervey's Summerhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- SIR JOHN HERVEY'S SUMMERHOUSE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- SIR JOHN HERVEY'S SUMMERHOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- West Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Ickworth
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 81121 60959
Details
TL 86 SW ICKWORTH ICKWORTH PARK
2/102 Sir John Hervey's Summerhouse.
GV II
Summer House. 1703 for John Baron Hervey. In the grounds of Ickworth Manor House which stood east of St. Mary's Church until c.1710. 1 storey, 3 bays. Red brick with flat pilasters; moulded cornice, parapets with sunk panels between piers: the central bay has a broken pediment framing a cartouche surmounted by a crown, both of limestone. Flat roof. Windows with flat arches of gauged brick and reeded keystones of limestone; large sashes with small panes. Pair of glazed entrance doors with flat arch of gauged brick with limestone key stone. On either side, garden walling of red brick, with 2 arms returning southward about 40 yards; each arm terminated by piers of finely gauged red brick of early C18 type, with moulded oversailing cornice, plinth, and scrolled buttress linking pier head to top of wall. Top courses of wall rebuilt with concrete copings.
Listing NGR: TL8112160959
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 363177
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 39 Suffolk,
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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