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Summary

Summerhouse depicted as a circular feature on the circa 1840 tithe map and is still depicted on modern mapping. The Summerhouse is constructed of slate rubble and is in a ruinous state.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• SUMMERHOUSE (XIX - 1801 AD? (Between) to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.

Summerhouse depiced as a circular feature above the Tamar, set within Rumley Kiln Wood.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Footpaths are depicted through the wood including footpaths leading to the summerhouse.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

Footpaths are depicted through the wood including footpaths leading to the summerhouse.

Ordnance Survey, 2023, Mastermap 2023 (Cartographic). SDV365227.

The summerhouse is still shown within the woodland although much of the woodland to the east of the summerhouse has been cleared.

Meaton, C, 2023, Summerhouse, Rumley Kiln Wood, Bere Ferrers (Ground Photograph). SDV365765.

Images of ruinous slate rubble summerhouse, now semi-circular in shape. The structure has an external fireplace and the remains of a cobbled floor. Terraces below the summerhouse near the river are likely to be associated.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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