Thatched Summerhouse Circa 40 Metres West Of Great Rissington Manor

GREAT RISSINGTON GREAT RISSINGTON MANOR SP 1917-2017 9/147 Thatched summerhouse c40m west of Great Rissington Manor GV II Summer house at the south-west corner of the upper terrace west of Great Rissington Manor house. Built c1929 for Major W.J.P. Marling, probably designed by Falconer, Baker and Campbell. Coursed squared and dressed limestone with dressed stone quoins, upper part of the upper floor timber-framed. Thatched roof. Square plan to the ground floor. Timber-framed upper part circular with moulded stone corbels where the circular part projects south over the square lower part. Four stone steps up to an early C20 plank door with strap hinges flanked by single timber-framed panes with curved decorative bracing. The side walls of the remainder of the circular upper part otherwise comprise metal casements with large leaded panes. Plank door set back within a pointed dressed stone reveal at ground floor level on the west side, opening onto the lower terrace. Conical thatched roof with a weathervane decorated with a single leaping fish at the apex. Interior not inspected. One of a group of garden buildings/features of the same period. (P. Cane, Modern Gardens, British and Foreign, 1926, p70-72; and J. Sales, West Country Gardens, 1980, p65)

Listing NGR: SP1943317106