Mayfield House Summer House And Tool Shed, 2 Hill Street

Late 19th century. Octagonal boarded timber gazebo / summer house with crowning finialled ogee roof and ogee-headed openings in garden of later 19th century villa. Originally sited as centrepiece of compartmentailised walled garden. Narrow 2-leaf ogee panelled doors with windows to upper half and small quatrefoil lights above. Flanking sides with windows. Side flanks with 4-light windows, timber mullioned and transomed. Rear flanks blank with quatrefoil lights to centre rear flank. Polygonal zinc ogee roof with additional ogeed canopy over entrance, ball finial to tapered apex bearing weathervane with flag. Lead flashing. Diamond-pane glazing: coloured glass.

INTERIOR: patterned terracotta floor. Benches to 7 sides with box seats and carved arms too rear flank. Sliding diminutive peep-hole hatches and quatrefoil lights to side and rear. Decorative compartmentalised ribbed polygonal plastered roof with corbels, masques fleurons and lion bosses, fleuron boss to centre.

TOOL SHED: late 19th century. Rectangular, polychrome brick tool shed in S corner of walled garden. Segmental headed off-centre doorway, chevron-boarded timber door. Piended slate roof with cast-iron rooflight.