Summerhouse And Garden Walls To Garden East Of Ivy House

CORSHAM PRIORY STREET ST 87 70 (north side) 5/345 Summerhouse and garden walls to garden east of Ivy House GV II

Summerhouse and enclosing walls, early C18. Summerhouse in north- east angle diagonally set, ashlar fronted with stone tiled pyramid roof and urn finial. Half glazed door in segmental-headed raised bead-moulded frame with keystone and cornice strip over. Coved eaves cornice. Each side of door, ashlar coped wall splayed out to line of garden walls with moulded coping and shell-headed niches. Similar doorway to rear in rubble stone wall with flush quoins. Interior with fielded panelling. Wall to south is listed with the The Coach House (q.v.). Wall running east is coped with 2 brick piers, length returning south behind Nos 71-5 High Street has shell-headed ashlar niche at left end, and central summerhouse or privy with moulded flush doorway under broad ashlar ornamental pediment with curved top and concave-curved shoulders. Lean-to hipped-roofed room behind with ovolo-moulded blocked east light. Wall continues south and returns east to rear of No 71 High Street. From south wall of No 71 low curved late C19 wall behind Mayo Fountain (q.v.) formerly with iron railing links to south garden wall, coping ramped up to higher section and ramped down adjoining house south-east angle, short length of stone balustrade with piers and carved scroll against house wall.

Listing NGR: ST8726670658