Gazebo In Gardens Of The Acre

The gazebo in the gardens of the Acre is an early 19th-century structure. It features limestone columns and a wooden entablature, all set against a wall built in Flemish garden wall bond, topped with a slate roof that has lead capping. The design is a semi-circular pavilion with a conical roof, behind which is a brick wall that drops to the height of the entablature on either side. The gazebo has stone or rendered cheeks and a pair of Roman Doric columns on a two-step stone stylobate. The central opening contains a pair of doors, while two side openings have paired casement windows, all made of small-pane timber, with later plywood fillings on the lower part of the doors and rendered panels below the windows. The entablature is simple and divided into two parts. The backing wall, which is stone-coped, extends approximately 8 meters to the left and 2.5 meters to the right. The gazebo is somewhat neglected and is located within the grounds of the Acre, situated between Acre Street and Parliament Street. The interior features a stone-paved floor and a plastered half-domed ceiling.