Lower Indian Room

The Lower Indian Room is an ornamental Indian pavilion that was rebuilt on its current site around 1880. It features a timber frame with lathe and plaster panels and an asphalt hipped roof. The building is two stories tall and has an open front on the ground floor, which includes a carved post to the left of the center and carved double doors on either side, each with wooden canopies. The first floor boasts a finely carved wooden frieze beneath horizontal sliding glazed windows, with a shuttered window on the left and a fixed glazed window on the right, both set in intricately carved surrounds. The deep eaves of the shallow-pitched roof are supported by heavily carved brackets. At the rear, there is a two-story verandah supported by carved wooden posts, with wooden steps leading to both the first floor and the raised ground floor. This pavilion is part of a group of Indian buildings constructed by General Pitt-Rivers in the Larmer Grounds for recreational purposes and to showcase an unfamiliar culture to the public during the last two decades of the 19th century. It is one of only two remaining Indian buildings in the Larmer Grounds.