Description

Earlier 18th century. 2-storey square-plan summerhouse. Sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings. Chamfered reveals to openings; eaves course. Centred window at each floor to SW. Forestair with some brick shoring and coped walls to 1st floor boarded door offset to right on NW elevation; vestigial wallhead stack centred. 2 relieving arches above a square opening, now with replacement boarded, 2-leaf garage doors, centred at ground to NE elevation; iron grille to window off set to right at 1st floor above. (Grilles removed from other windows). Lean-to addition at ground on SE face; window centred above.

Variety of glazing patterns including replacement 8- and 2- pane timber sash and case windows; fixed plate glass window to SE. Pyramidal grey slate roof, swept at eaves, with diamond pattern to SW; flat roof to lean-to addition; lead remnant of gutter to NW elevation.

INTERIOR: roof construction exposed; chimney-piece with bolection moulded frieze remains.

Statement of Interest

Polton House, to which the summerhouse was allied was built circa 1730 and is now demolished. The interior was once lined with trompe-l'oeil panels which were removed by Lord Perth in 1983 and installed in another garden building at Stobhall, Perthshire.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17827943

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014