Sunken Garden And Rose Arbor

The Sunken Garden and Rose Arbor at Welbeck Abbey is a late 19th-century garden feature that includes two summer houses. The walls are made of red brick with rough hewn stone facing, and the entrances are located to the east, featuring decorative iron gates. Inside, on the south side, there is a summer house with a balustraded base supported by four herms. The north side features a wooden summer house with a pediment and a copper roof. This pediment is supported by columns and has a modillion cornice along with a central clock face. To the right of this summer house is a doorway with a glazed door and overlight, flanked by single columns. In the northeast corner, there is a projecting bay. Surrounding the edges of the pools and tennis court are coped piers. The garden connects to the Welbeck Abbey Ballroom through a rose arbor that has part rusticated walls, rock face ashlar rose troughs, and a glazed roof.