Description

SJ 4160 EATON C.P. EAST GARDEN TO HALL
Eaton Park

9/84 Parrot House at north
end of Broad Walk

GV II

Former Parrot House, 1881-3, by Alfred Waterhouse for 1st Duke of
Westminster. Yellow terracotta. Designed in the form of a circular
colonnaded Ionic temple with shallow domed roof. Frieze of swags
above the colonnade; concentric balustrades above the colonnade and
the inner drum. Flight of 11 steps to south entrance; projecting
heating chamber to north.
Interior: 4 semi-circular niches in central chamber and one on each
side of lobby to heating chamber. Frieze of griffins below
clerestory; caryatids between clerestory windows carry the dome.
The Parrot House was incorporated in Detmar Blow's redesign of the
east garden (1911) as the north terminal of the main cross axis.

Listing NGR: SJ4159360870

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26431584

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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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