Summerhouse About 70 Metres South West Of Lisle Combe

This summerhouse, located about 70 metres south west of Lisle Combe, dates from the 1820s. It features a wooden structure with stone rubble walls on the rear and east sides, topped with a slate roof and wooden pediments at both ends. The building has a rectangular plan designed as a Tetrastyle Doric temple, supported by four unfluted wooden columns at the east end and five on the south side, while the north and east sides are solid stone walls. A wooden entablature with triglyphs decorates the frieze, and there are large 12-pane sash windows between the columns on the south side, along with a half-glazed door at the centre of the west side. Inside, the summerhouse has a plain plastered finish with moulded window architraves. It is likely that this summerhouse was originally part of the grounds of The Cottage, the marine residence of Sir Richard Worseley. Lisle Combe, where it currently stands, was built around the same time and was associated with the Yarborough family. From 1930 to 1959, it was the home of the poet and author Alfred Noyes.