Summerhouse Chatsworth, England
Listed Building Data
Summerhouse has been designated a Grade II listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1356608
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II
- Date Listed
- 19 June 1987
- Name
- SUMMERHOUSE
- Location
- SUMMERHOUSE
- Parish
- Chatsworth
- District
- Derbyshire Dales
- County
- Derbyshire
- Grid Reference
- SK 26376 70193
- Easting
- 426375.6970
- Northing
- 370192.5730
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
PARISH OF CHATSWORTH CHATSWORTH GARDENS SK 2670 6/71 Summer House, Known as Luttrell's Seat II Summer House. 1839, probably by Paxton & Robertson. Saracenic style. Sandstone ashlar and Aberdeen granite. Roof hidden behind parapet. Rectangular plan. South elevation has a two-bay open arcade of horseshoe arches, on a polished granite column and a carved capital from Palermo. Decorative geometrical patterns to the pilasters and incised decorative work around the arches. Overhanging roof on moulded stone brackets with incised decoration on the underside of the eaves. Parapet with stepped triangular motifs. The side and rear walls have no openings. The interior has similar blind arches to sides and two to rear, on colonnettes. Continuous moulded sill band. Incised decoration around the arches. Bench on moulded brackets. Text from Virgil on the wall, dated 1839. The Gardens and Park are included on the Gardens Register at Grade I.
Listing NGR: SK2637670193
