This stone tea house is set on a raised platform surrounded by a stone faced ditch. It was further enclosed by a lime hedge which are now mature trees. It was obviously constructed to provide a destination point at the end of the walk along the formal canals and from which the waterworks below could be viewed.

It was originally constructed in the mid 18th century and would have been used for taking tea on a gentle summer afternoon while viewing the garden.

It would have been accessed by a punt via the canals or by footpath. Part of the canals have been lost over the centuries, as originally they would have stretched from the fernhouse to here.

This building may have had a conical roof and a highly detailed pebble floor. It was used as a soup kitchen during the famine.

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