The Red Seat

The Red Seat is a summer house, also known as a kiosk, built around 1836. It is constructed from sandstone rubble and is a single-storey structure with a front viewing room and a shallow rear room, though it is currently roofless. The building has a rectangular plan measuring about 4 metres by 1.5 metres overall, featuring an open front and sides. The front is designed with an arcade of three round arches, flanked by elliptical headed arches on the left and right sides, and two rectangular piers that divide the front arches. The front wall slopes down to the right and left, and there is a granite seat along the rear wall, with a small room at the back.

The Red Seat is part of the Upper Zigzags, a series of formal paths that are terraced into the hillside and cliffs along the coast, located approximately south/southeast of Mount Edgcumbe House. The Upper Zigzags were described in 1836, although they appear on a map from 1756.