Tea House At North End Of Dutch Garden

The Tea House, built in 1872 by John Douglas for the 2nd Marquis and 1st Duke of Westminster, is located at the north end of the Dutch Garden in Eaton Park. It features a sandstone plinth, an oak frame with plaster panels, and a red shaped-tile roof. The building has a cruciform layout with a large verandah at the front, a tearoom to the left, and a kitchen to the right.

This light-hearted structure has a battered red sandstone plinth, shaped posts, and barleysugar pilasters on the verandah and tearoom. It also includes a pargetted frieze and a hipped roof with widely swept eaves supported by shaped brackets. A small swept spire, capped in lead and adorned with raised floral mouldings, sits over the front verandah and is topped with a small weathercock. The windows feature leaded glazing with patterned borders. A flight of six stone steps, flanked by curved dwarf walls on either side, leads down from the Tea House to the restored Dutch Garden.