Tea Rooms To North Of Melbourne Hall And Attached Walls

The building known as the Tea Rooms, located to the north of Melbourne Hall, was originally a laundry and dates from the early 18th century, with a 19th-century addition and some minor later alterations. It was likely constructed by William Cooke of Walcot for Thomas Coke of Melbourne Hall, coinciding with the garden's remodelling by Royal Gardeners to Queen Anne, London and Wise. The structure is built of rubble stone with ashlar dressings, quoins, and a wide first-floor band. It features a steeply pitched plain tile roof with brick gable stacks and stone-coped gables on plain kneelers.

The tea rooms have two storeys and seven bays, along with a single-storey addition to the east. The ground floor includes five small paned timber cross windows set in raised plain surrounds with raised keystones, and two doorcases with similar surrounds, one located between the eastern two windows and the other between the western two windows. Both doorcases feature 20th-century glazed doors and small pane overlights. The first-floor band above the ground floor lintels is slightly raised over each keystone and the corners of each opening. The first floor has seven similar cross windows, three of which are blocked but retain their timber mullions and transoms. In the centre, there is a cement circle inscribed with the date '1710'.

The interior is quite simple, featuring inglenooks at either end of the ground floor room. Attached to the east side is a 19th-century single-storey cowshed that has been partly incorporated into the tea rooms. Flanking walls are present on either side of the 18th-century building; the wall to the west is late 18th-century and made of red brick, while the wall to the east is likely early 18th-century and constructed of stone rubble. Both walls have plain stone copings.