The Summer House

SD 45 NW OVERTON THE LANE

7/133 Sunderland Point

• No. 5 (The Summer House)

• II

House, said to have been built as a pilot station, early-to-mid C18th, extended on east side in 1890s. Pebbledashed rubble with sandstone dressings and pyramid roof of stone slate and slate. Original building one storey with cellar, now with inserted floor,and of square plan with corner pilaster strips and moulded eaves soffit. 3 sides have tall modern windows within the original plain stone surrounds, now cutting across the inserted floor. The 4th window, on the east side, has been covered by the later extension. The window surround on the west side has an outer rebate for a shutter. The right-hand pilaster strip on the south side has been moved to the outer side of the extension. Inside, a boarded timber ceiling remains, with timber cornice and circular bolection-moulded border for a central compass rose, now missing. Within the loft space a hole for a shaft can be seen at the apex of the roof. Originally a wind vane was connected by a shaft to a pointer on the ceiling which indicated the direction of the wind.

Listing NGR: SD4251356044