Summer House In Grounds Of Bishopstrow House

Date:
10 Aug 2000
Location:
Summer House In Grounds Of Bishopstrow House, Warminster Road, Bishopstrow, West Wiltshire, Wiltshire, BA12 9HH
Reference:
IOE01/02471/15
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

BISHOPSTROW WARMINSTER ROAD ST 84 SE (south side) 3/15 Summer House in grounds of Bishopstrow House 11.11.76

GV II

Pavilion. Early C19. Limestone ashlar with rubble stone to rear, Welsh slate pointed roof. Octagonal with 3-sided loggia to front.

Single storey. Three hollow-chamfered square openings to front, partly closed by wooden trellis, central half-glazed double doors to closed remainder of octagon; margin-pane coloured glass, either side is 18-pane sash with margin lights, pilasters with key motif.

Five rear sides have hollow-chamfered square panels, no windows.

Astragal below plain cornice to roof.

Interior has stone floor, 3 round-arched niches to rear walls and moulded plaster ceiling cornice. Picturesque setting in the gardens of the Regency Bishopstrow House (q.v.), for the Temple family.

Listing NGR: ST8964244107

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/0297 IOE Records taken by Geraldine Bunn; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Ms Geraldine Bunn. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

People & Organisations

Photographer: Bunn, Geraldine

Rights Holder: Bunn, Geraldine

Keywords

Ashlar, Limestone, Rubble, Slate, Stone, Georgian Pavilion, Victorian Gardens Parks And Urban Spaces, Summerhouse, Garden Building, Loggia