The Necessary House is a Grade II listed building in the East Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 May 1985. Summerhouse.

The Necessary House

WRENN ID: veiled-brass-cedar
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: East Staffordshire
Country: England
Date first listed: 30 May 1985
Type: Summerhouse
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SK 14 NE OKEOVER C.P. OKEOVER PARK

3/134 The Necessary House

GV II

Former privy now summerhouse. Mid-C18. By Joseph Sanderson for Leak Okeover. Rendered with ashlar plinth and dressings. Classical garden feature. Moulded open pediment and tripartite arrangement of arched openings, the outer ones as windows, the centre one is entrance with shallow rusticated dressings and voussoirs. Interior plastered. 2 stone privys flank the entrance. Sanderson's drawing for the building survives and "The drawing of the Necessary House" is mentioned in a letter from Sanderson dated November 22nd 1746. C.L. Vol. 135 (1964).

Listing NGR: SK1565348124

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