Red Arch (Torii) In Japanese Garden At Garden House 40 Meters To 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. Arch.

Red Arch (Torii) In Japanese Garden At Garden House 40 Meters To South-East Of House

WRENN ID: pitched-rafter-storm
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: East Hertfordshire
Country: England
Date first listed: 6 July 1984
Type: Arch
Source: Historic England listing

Description

TL 3129 COTTERED CHURCH LANE (west side)

5/22 Red Arch (Torii) in Japanese Garden at Garden - House 40m to SE of house

GV II

Freestanding arch. Probably early C20, erected between 1905 and 1926 for Herbert Goode (1865-1937) a wealthy glass and china merchant who began the Japanese Garden in 1905. Timber painted red. Torii or arch marking the path to a Fox Shrine (Inari). Converging uprights with main crosspiece projecting. Lower tennoned cross-piece with prominent wedged joints and central framed plaque with inscription. Heavy capping timber swept up into horns. (Japanese Garden (1933) 5).

Listing NGR: TL3166829144

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