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Latitude: 50.9505 / 50°57'1"N
Longitude: -2.7144 / 2°42'51"W
OS Eastings: 349909
OS Northings: 117027
OS Grid: ST499170
Mapcode National: GBR MK.NJ3G
Mapcode Global: FRA 566L.N9X
Plus Code: 9C2VX72P+56
Entry Name: Summerhouse, about 120 metres south of Montacute House, and the row of 5 freestanding columns to east
Listing Date: 19 April 1961
Last Amended: 27 October 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1252027
English Heritage Legacy ID: 434955
ID on this website: 101252027
Location: Montacute, Somerset, TA15
County: Somerset
District: South Somerset
Civil Parish: Montacute
Built-Up Area: Montacute
Traditional County: Somerset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset
Tagged with: Summer house Garden house
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MONTACUTE CP
THE BOROUGH (North side, off)
Summerhouse, about 120 metres south of Montacute House, and the row of 5 freestanding columns to east
(formerly listed as Garden House to south of Montacute House)
19.4.61
GV
II
Summerhouse. Dated 1588, but now probably mostly C20. Ham stone ashlar; bitumen felted lean-to roof behind parapet. Single-storey, three bays, facing north along the Cedar Lawn. Step base, moulded plinths, frieze and cornice with tryglyphs and panelled metopes, open balustrade with obelisk finials and false Dutch gable over central bay with coat of arms and incised date; arcade of three semi-circular arches with lozenge rustication: inside is a panelled dado, with shell-hood niches in east and west walls, plain flat ceiling.
Starting 5 metres east of summerhouse a row of five plain Tuscan columns on plinths, used as landscaping features. The Cedar Lawn, as it is now called, was formerly 'Pig's Wheatle Orchard', and was probably converted to garden proper in the mid C19; the C16 style facade of the summerhouse may actually date from Lord Curzon's tenancy in the early C20.
(Girouard, M and others, Montacute House, National Trust, 1985).
Listing NGR: ST4990917027
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