Resting House In Japanese Garden At Garden House 70 Meters To Sout-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. Resting house. 1 related planning application.
Resting House In Japanese Garden At Garden House 70 Meters To Sout-South-East Of House
- WRENN ID
- small-sandstone-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1984
- Type
- Resting house
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This resting house is located within the Japanese Garden at Garden House, approximately 70 metres to the south-south-east of the main house. It was built between 1923 and 1926, personally designed by the garden’s designer, S. Kusumoto, for Herbert Goode, a wealthy glass and china merchant who initiated the Japanese Garden in 1905. The structure is a timber-framed, single-storey, open-sided shelter facing north. It has low screens to the front and side, and a traditional roof structure built in stages using interwoven beams, a technique known as Aziro-Gumi. The floor is designed to resemble the shell of a tortoise, symbolizing good luck.
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