Listed Building: SUMMERHOUSE C45 METRES WEST OF GREAT MORETON HALL AND ATTTACHED WALL (1330036)

MORETON CUM ALCUMLOW C.P. (Off) NEW ROAD SJ 85 NW 7/43 Summerhouse c. 45 metres west of Great Moreton Hall and attached wall GV II Summerhouse. c. 1841-43. By Edward Blore, coursed sandstone rubble. Octagonal plan. Two storeys. The summerhouse is sited at an angle in a raised walkway and the 2 doors at first floor level give onto this promenade while the doorway to the lower floor occurs in the angle between the two banks. Trefoil-headed lancet windows to the first floor, above which is a battlemented parapet. A stone wall which enclosed the gardens leads off in either direction. It is of c.10' - 12' in height with an angled coping. It connects with the right hand and left hand sides of the house (q.v.). An earth bank supporting a walkway occurs on the inner side and a ditch on the outer side. Listing NGR: SJ8389759405