The Round House

ST51NE BARWICK CP NEWTON ROAD (West side) NEWTON SURMAVILLE

2/26 The Round House (formerly listed as Summerhouse Cottage under Yeovil Without CP) 19.4.61

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Summerhouse, now a cottage. Circa 1740. Erected for Swayne Harbin of Newton House (qv). Has stone ashlar; stone slate between coped gables, conical roof to central tower; one brick and one stone chimney stack. Octagonal central 2-storey tower (corner faces curved, flat faces to main quarters) with 1-bay extensions to North and South. Entrance on East face of tower with C20 doors in Ionic surround with Gibbsian flat pilasters and full entablature over, the top order continued as string course; above eared architraved 16-pane cruciform casement window with triple keystone, on curved faced quintuple keyed openings, one blind; plinth, cill band, floor and eaves strings, corniced (dentilled over entrance), deep parelled balustrade. The extensions, with lower upper storey, have architraved windows, formerly sashes, now a variety. One of three similar follies, all visible to each other; the others now virtually disappeared were at Chilton Cantelo (qv) and Nontacute House (qv); the three owners used to signal to each other. (Gordon Nares "Newton Surmaville, Somerset", Country Life, 5th September 1952).

Listing NGR: ST5626515411