Robin Hood'S Hut, About 400 Metres South Of Halswell House At St 2545 3334

Robin Hood's Hut, located about 400 metres south of Halswell House, is a garden house built in 1765. It is possibly designed by Henry Keene or Thomas Wright for Sir Charles Tynte. The structure is made of brick with a rendered finish and features a hipped roof, which was originally thatched but now has clay pantiles and some slates. It has a central brick chimney stack and a rectangular plan that includes a parlour and kitchen flanking a projecting entrance lobby on the south side, as well as a former canted open loggia on the north side. The building is designed in the Gothick Revival style and is a single storey.

The south front has two ogival windows, although the sashes are missing, and it flanks the former loggia, which originally had clustered columns and stone steps leading to the front. There are also fragments of moulded cornicing. The interior has not been inspected, but the loggia contains a fragment of an ornate plaster frieze set above a moulded door architrave. This hut is part of a group of parkland buildings and structures that contribute to one of the most significant picturesque landscapes of its time in Britain. Visitors would first approach the south elevation, which was covered in bark and knotted tree trunks, before entering the loggia to enjoy a spectacular view.