Small Resting House In Japanese Garden At Garden House 30 Meters To South-South-East Of House is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. Shelter.

Small Resting House In Japanese Garden At Garden House 30 Meters To South-South-East Of House

WRENN ID: odd-oriel-tide
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: East Hertfordshire
Country: England
Date first listed: 6 July 1984
Type: Shelter
Source: Historic England listing

Description

TL 3129 COTTERED CHURCH LANE (west side)

5/23 Small Resting House in Japanese Garden at - Garden House 30m to SSE of house

GV II

Resting house. Erected here 1905-26, probably by S Kusumoto, for Herbert Goode (1865-1937) a wealthy glass and china merchant who began the Japanese Garden in 1905. Timber frame with timber floor raised on stones. Pyramidial thatched roof. A small open- fronted shelter facing W over the Fox Lake. Approached by stone steps. Open-work screens to flank walls and L-shaped bench against infilled rear wall. Of traditional Japanese design intended for resting on mountain slopes. (Japanese Garden (1933) 5-6).

Listing NGR: TL3165929150

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