Sir John Hervey'S Summerhouse

Sir John Hervey's Summerhouse is a summer house built in 1703 for John Baron Hervey, located in the grounds of Ickworth Manor House, which was situated east of St. Mary's Church until around 1710. The structure is one storey high and consists of three bays. It is constructed of red brick and features flat pilasters, a moulded cornice, and parapets with sunk panels between the piers. The central bay is adorned with a broken pediment that frames a limestone cartouche topped with a crown. The summerhouse has a flat roof and windows that have flat arches made of gauged brick with reeded keystones of limestone. The large sashes are fitted with small panes. There is a pair of glazed entrance doors with a flat arch of gauged brick and a limestone keystone. Surrounding the summerhouse is garden walling made of red brick, with two arms extending southward for about 40 yards. Each arm ends with piers made of finely gauged red brick in the early 18th-century style, featuring a moulded oversailing cornice, plinth, and scrolled buttress that connects the pier head to the top of the wall. The top courses of the wall have been rebuilt with concrete copings.