The Hill Garden Western Summerhouse

CAMDEN

TQ2586NE NORTH END WAY 798-1/7/1228 The Hill Garden western summerhouse 14/12/78 (Formerly Listed as: NORTH END WAY Western Summer House in Hill Garden, at Inverforth House)

GV II*

Summerhouse forming belvedere to west of, and closing western vista of, Western Pergola (qv). c1912. By Thomas H Mawson as part of a continued garden scheme for Lord Leverhulme at The Hill (now Inverforth House) (qv). This part of the garden is now in separate ownership to the house; for the house garden features see Inverforth House, North End Way entries. Brick screen walls with rusticated quoins. Pyramidised slate roof. Western side open with Portland stone Doric columns carrying stone entablature with decorated lead rainwater gutter. Attached cast and wrought-iron balustrade, of scroll and floral design, to viewing platform with good views over Hampstead Heath and into northern garden. North & south facades, lunettes with keystones and tile dressings. Eastern facade to pergola has a stone niche in rectangular surround with keystone. HISTORICAL NOTE: the terraces were constructed using spoil from the Hampstead Tube excavation. Excellent views over Hampstead Heath and back towards the house. The garden was divided when the house became a hospital; this part of the garden is open to the public.

Listing NGR: TQ2598386713