Summerhouse At Language Centre

1. STAPLEGROVE ROAD 5365 (North-East Side) Summerhouse at Language Centre ST 2225 6/382 II GV 2. Small rectangular timber framed building set back from the road, formerly the summerhouse to Nos 86 to 90 (even) and now attached to the Language Centre. Probably late C19. 2 storeys with lantern rising on roof. Whitewashed walls with black timberwork. Decorative tile roofs. Lantern has cresting and weathervane. Fixed diamond leaded lights in wooden frame of lantern. Gablets over 1st floor windows with facing tiles and paired casements containing panels of painted glass. Ground floor modernised. Lean-to extension to right. On 1st floor inside is a wood lined room with walls sloping up to the lantern above. In the heads of the 4 lights facing west are 4 excellent roundels of painted glass depicting the heads and attributes of the 4 seasons. This glass is probably by Sir E Burne-Jones. Graded on account of the glass.

Nos 86 to 90 (even), the Summerhouse at Language Centre The Cottage and the Swiss Cottage in Linden Grove form a group together with Weir House, Weir Lodge and Gatepiers.

Listing NGR: ST2214625113