Description

SX 69 NE SOUTH TAWTON

1/181 Walls and summerhouse of Wood
House north garden

GV II*

Walls and summerhouse. 1899-1905 by Thomas Mawson. Granite rubble walls arranged
to look like crazy paving; granite ashlar detail and quoins; slate coping to walls
and thatch roof to the summerhouse. The lawn of the north garden are enclosed on 3
sides by high walls and is open on the south-east (towards the house), the right
side the back of a stable courtyard. The back wall curves back behind a small
summerhouse. It is circular in plan supported on monolithic granite front posts.
These are circular in a kind of classical style. There is a stone seat around the
back and it has a conical thatch roof. Either side are round-headed niches with
moulded eared architraves and there are 3 more on the left side. None now have
statues. Also a doorway through the back wall contains an original door.
This is part of an extensive landscaping scheme conceived by Mawson to go with the
rebuilding of Wood House (q.v.). It wa-s overlooked from the billiard room in the
house. Mawson himself considered the whole one of his major achievements.
Source: T H Mawson The Art and Craft of Garden Making, (5th edition) includes
copious notes and illustrations of Wood House.

Listing NGR: SX6546196060

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17537398

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Recommended Books

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