English Garden-House Series

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Our pictures show Gazebos fitted with 42mm thick timber wall planking stained on the outside with a soft green Cuprinol stain, leaving the woodgrain clearly visible. The deluxe version pictured here includes a pair of elegant, round, double-glazed windows, a pair of arch-backed Dolphin castings fitted to the oak knees, and a pair of electric wall lanterns to enhance its appearance and late evening usage. Other styles of round window can be seen on page “About Windows”.
They all use the same pretty roofs, with their gently curving skyline silhouette, capped with a finial and traditional ball & spike ornament. The roofs have a rough surface, which will age gracefully and take moss and lichens with time. All roofs are fitted with decorative white soffits beneath the overhang and ceiling panels which rise internally following the roofline to leave light and airy room space below.	Picture above shows roof finish Click image for larger view
Three-wall variations
The Gazebo roof with a pair of solid walls provides a degree of seclusion from being overlooked together with a degree of weather protection, the more valuable if the building can be erected with its back to the prevailing wind or shielded by wind- resistant shrubs. For windier sites, we are sometimes asked for 3-wall variations and our next two pictures show the effect of fitting the large ‘bower’ window or the midsized ‘folly’ window in the side walls..
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Summerhouses
The fully enclosed summerhouse version features double ‘bower’ doors which swing out to open up one entire side. Because of the great weight of these 28mm thick double-glazed doors, the doorway is braced with a welded and hot dip galvanised steel frame. All summerhouse variations are now upgraded to have interior wall cladding of attractive TGV pine panelling and T&G floorboarding laid over hardwood bearers. Your choice is to have just the double ‘Bower’ doors as illustrated or to have side windows on one or both sides to best suit your specific needs.	"Double Bower doors" as fitted to Garden House Series of oak framed buildings. Click to enlarge
Utility studio-workroom version To meet the need for a utility workroom situated in a visually sensitive site, we can produce a version using the same exterior walling, windows and roof, but with a much lower cost interior finish and usually incorporating a simple low cost pine TGV door. For regular office/studio use – see the Belvedere page
Arcadian Links between buildings Our line drawing illustrates the basic concept. A summerhouse one end provides total weather protection, while the Gazebo provides partial protection and the Arcadian link between gives dappled light when coupled with something like a Clematis or Wisteria. Click to enlarge
Note for Garden Designers & Landscapers etc The Arcadian Link can be adapted for customers needs in the following way: Buildings can be double Gazebo or double Summerhouse format or bigger ‘Deckhouse’ sizes. Arcadian link can have solid roof panels. These are available in 4ft increments : 10ft x 4ft to match the Garden House series or 12ft x 4ft lengths to match the Deckhouse series. The back wall for the link section can be solidly planked, left entirely open or be partially closed with trellis panels. Our trellis panels (only available for Arcadian links) have greenhouse netting interwoven between trellis laths. Wind tests show this appreciably reduces wind velocity. For a discussion with our designer—phone Jonathan Spragg on 01363 866033
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