Summerhouse In Walled Garden Of Hartham Park

The summerhouse in the walled garden of Hartham Park was built around 1905 by H.A. Peto. It is constructed of ashlar stone and features a stone-tiled hipped roof in the Palladian style. The design includes a modillion eaves cornice and an open loggia at the front supported by Ionic columns. The side openings are Venetian-arched, complete with a keystone and a moulded entablature that extends across slightly raised side piers. There are two attached columns on each side that were part of a former pergola. This summerhouse was originally part of a water garden that included a rectangular pond in front and a long canal aligned with the structure, which was once crossed by a low arched bridge. These features were removed for the construction of a 20th-century house, Hartham Park.