Kings Hill Gazebo (S 186)

SX 4554 SW PLYMOUTH SOUTH YARD, Devonport Dockyard

740-1/98/213 Kings Hill gazebo (5 186)

GV II*

Gazebo. 1822. Rendered wood frame with a swept conical metal sheet roof. Single-room plan with 4 concave sides. EXTERIOR: single storey; 4-bay range. Gazebo has steeply concave sides and 8 timber fluted Doric columns to a circular entablature with shallow modillions, S clock, inscribed "TO PERPETUATE THE RECOLLECTION OF THE VISIT OF HIS MAJESTY GEORGE III OF BLESSED AND GLORIOUS MEMORY, AND OF HIS MAJESTY'S ADMIRATION OF THE ROCK ON WHICH IT STANDS, AND THE SCENE AROUND. THIS BUILDING WAS ERECTED IN THE YEAR 1822". French doors in each side have margin panes. The Kings Hill partly built up of large rubble blocks, has a statue of a female figure flanked by niches and with an iron cover over on the SE side. INTERIOR: plain octagonal interior. HISTORY: built to commemorate a visit by George III, on a piece of land left isolated by excavation for the South Yard, and indicating the former topography of the area. Part of a group with the gate and railings (qv) surrounding the hill, with a winding pebbled path. (Source: The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1989: 652).

Listing NGR: SX4516454042