Summer House In Garden Of Purbeck House

The summer house in the garden of Purbeck House is probably from the 18th century and was built in connection with the earlier house. It is a circular structure raised above garden level on an earth mound, accessed by a stone stair. There was once a water tank beneath the floor. The summer house features stone walls that are rendered on the outside and has a roof made of Purbeck stone. Inside, there is a blocked fireplace and two ornamental plaster plaques. The floor includes a manhole leading to the former water tank. A fixed timber table with a circular revolving top is made from a cart wheel that was part of the horse-drawn carts used to transport stone to boats at the quay. At the back of the summer house, there is a raised water tank within a stone, brick, and timber structure, which is dated 1884 and once supplied water to the cistern below the summer house.