Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
23136
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/03/2000
Date of Amendment
31/03/2000
Name of Property
Rustic Tea House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Newport
Community
Stow Hill
Town
Locality
Belle Vue Park
Easting
330588
Northing
187144
Street Side
Location
About 25m SW of main pavilion in Belle Vue Park.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
The land for the park was given by Lord Tredegar in 1891. Mawson won the competition (despite submitting designs for the wrong site) and the park opened in 1894. Mawson designed the layout for the park, and virtually all the buildings including terraces and tea pavilion, lodges, bridges, walls and gatepiers. Mawson became a landscape architect and town planner of international importance with commissions throughout Britain, and also in Canada and Greece.
The "Rustic Tea House" was built around 1910 (cost £135) to provide additional space for serving teas in rainy weather.
Exterior
Wooden structure with hipped tiled roof supported on wooden pillars. Five bays by two of segmental arches with rails above rising to eaves. End bays, and 2 to NW, have diagonal lattice screens.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for group value with adjacent listed Pavilion and Terraces.
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