| Name: | Early 20th century summerhouse/garden shelter, Lady Herbert's Garden |
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| HER no.: | MCT15277 |
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| Type of Record: | Building |
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Summary
An octagonal garden shelter or summerhouse at the north end of Lady Herbert's Garden that was built as part of the original garden design between 1930 and 1935. The structure is a listed building.
| Grid Reference: | SP 3355 7944 |
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| Former Parish: | Holy Trinity |
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Monument Type(s):
- SUMMERHOUSE (Built, Early 20th Century - 1930 AD to 1935 AD)
Protected Status
- Listed Building (II) 487593: GARDEN SHELTER AND PLATFORM 50M NE OF LADY HERBERTS HOMES
Full description
1> Garden Shelter and platform 50m NE of Lady Herbert's Homes. Garden shelter and platform. 1930-35. By Albert Herbert for his cousin Sir Alfred Herbert. Red brick, with ashlar dressings and Swithland slate roof. Octagonal structure, with 4 panelled brick piers with ashlar caps. Ogee domed roof carried on wooden lintels with shaped ends. Interior has shallow plaster dome with painted inscriptions. There were formerly wooden benches in each recess. The shelter stands in the centre of a slightly raised square platform approx. 10m square, with York stone paving and moulded kerb, bowed on the south side.
Listing NGR: SP3355479440
<1> Department of the Environment, 2001, List Entry in the List of Buildings of Special Historic and Architectural Interest (TEXT). SCT2061.
Sources and Further Reading
| <1> | SCT2061 TEXT: Department of the Environment. 2001. List Entry in the List of Buildings of Special Historic and Architectural Interest. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Related records
| MCT1000 | Related to: LADY HERBERTS GARDEN; COVENTRY (Monument) |
Images
 Lady Herbert's Almshouses and Summer House, Lady Herbert's Garden © Coventry City Council |
 Summer House, Lady Herbert's Garden © Coventry City Council |
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