Rotunda, Bastion And Connecting Wall Approximately 150 Metres South West Of Goldney House

The Rotunda, bastion, and connecting wall, located approximately 150 meters south-west of Goldney House in Bristol, were constructed between 1753 and 1757. This garden house and bastion feature a combination of render and brick with limestone dressings, alongside red rubble retaining walls. Designed in the Gothick style, it is based on a design by Batty Langley. The structure includes a raised round summer house that connects to a round bastion via a raised walkway. The buttressed retaining wall supports the summer house, which has a rendered lower part, a string course above the windows, and a cornice. It features a west-facing doorway and four south-facing windows with ogee heads and moulded surrounds, along with 9-pane windows and a half-glazed door. There are also three round windows set in matching false north windows, and the structure is topped with a crenellated parapet adorned with ogee merlons. The surrounding brick wall incorporates ashlar blocks. Inside, there is a plain bench against the wall and a basement room with a shallow dome. The rotunda was built by Thomas Goldney as part of his decorative landscape for the house. Originally, it featured a rotunda of columns supporting an entablature on the surrounding wall, possibly designed by either James Bridges or Thomas Paty, using Langley's pattern book.