Tea House in the Japanese Garden, Bitchet Green

The Tea House in the Japanese Garden at Bitchet Green is a Japanese tea house imported from Japan. It is part of a Japanese garden designed by architect Raymond Berrow for Hugh Micklem, built between 1919 and 1921.

The tea house features a wooden framework for the walls with painted infilling and a wooden floor. It has metal guttering, a rain spout, and a hipped thatched roof. The building is single-storey and square in shape, with a part-raised design. The rear and part of the side elevations have walls that create a large alcove, while the rest of the structure remains open.

The roof has two hips; the upper hip is covered in water reed thatch, while the lower hip has a metal covering along with metal guttering and a front water spout. The walls are framed with thin square sections and painted red, previously white. The rear wall features a central oval unglazed opening with wooden divisions. The front of the tea house is supported by two wooden corner posts with braces that support the overhanging roof. The wooden floor includes a handrail along the front and part of the sides, and the front section of the floor partially overhangs a pond.