Building record 131/3/3 - Summerhouse c45 Metres West Of Great Moreton Hall and Attached Wall

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

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.