Rustic Summerhouse

The Rustic Summerhouse is a garden building, likely from the early 19th century, although it has been significantly rebuilt and was moved from its original position on columns in the water to the bank in the 1960s. It is constructed of timber with patterned log panels and features a hipped thatch roof. This small square building is designed in a rustic style, with overhanging eaves that are roughly supported on posts. One side of the summerhouse was previously located right at the edge of the lake and has a wide overhang, which was probably used to shelter a boat. This side also includes a door with a patterned log panel and a window above a similar panel, while there is another board door at the rear.

The summerhouse is set within a historic designed landscape surrounding an early 18th-century country house, which has a contemporary layout likely created by George London and Henry Wise. This landscape was later developed into an extensive mid-18th-century park for George Grenville by Lancelot Brown, with significant contributions to the design from William Pitt, who later became the first Earl of Chatham.