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Summerhouse on a rock in the Chinese taste

RIBA Ref No RIBA16854
Architect/DesignerHalfpenny, William (d. 1755)
CountryUK: England
Subject Date1750
Image Date1750
ViewExterior
StyleChinoiserie
MediumPrint
Library ReferenceEW E.g.319
OrientationPortrait
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditRIBA Collections
SubjectUnusual structures ; Gardens ; Garden buildings ; Round buildings ; Grottoes
SOURCE: William Halfpenny, Rural architecture in the Chinese taste, being designs entirely new for the decoration of gardens, parks, forrests, insides of houses, &c. (London, 1752), part 1, pl. 10 NOTES: This octagonal summerhouse is designed on an artificial rock intended to house a cellar or grotto.
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