Summerhouse
SUMMERHOUSE
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1356608
- Date first listed:
- 19-Jun-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Summerhouse
- Statutory Address:
- SUMMERHOUSE
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2004-07-23
- Reference:
- IOE01/10974/18
- Rights:
- © Mr Roy Millett. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1356608
- Date first listed:
- 19-Jun-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Summerhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- 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:
- SUMMERHOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Derbyshire
- District:
- Derbyshire Dales (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Chatsworth
- National Park:
- Peak District
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 26376 70193
Details
PARISH OF CHATSWORTH CHATSWORTH GARDENS SK 2670 6/71 Summer House, Known as Luttrell's Seat II Summer House. 1839, probably by Paxton & Robertson. Saracenic style. Sandstone ashlar and Aberdeen granite. Roof hidden behind parapet. Rectangular plan. South elevation has a two-bay open arcade of horseshoe arches, on a polished granite column and a carved capital from Palermo. Decorative geometrical patterns to the pilasters and incised decorative work around the arches. Overhanging roof on moulded stone brackets with incised decoration on the underside of the eaves. Parapet with stepped triangular motifs. The side and rear walls have no openings. The interior has similar blind arches to sides and two to rear, on colonnettes. Continuous moulded sill band. Incised decoration around the arches. Bench on moulded brackets. Text from Virgil on the wall, dated 1839. The Gardens and Park are included on the Gardens Register at Grade I.
Listing NGR: SK2637670193
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 81637
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 10 Derbyshire,
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 28-Jun-2026 at 21:09:25.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.