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Robin Hood's Hut

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Town or city
  
Goathurst

Completed
  
1740

Country
  
England

Opened
  
1740

Robin Hood's Hut

Address
  
Halswell, Goathurst TA5 2DH, United Kingdom

Client
  
Sir Charles Tynte, 5th Baronet

Similar
  
Halswell House, Temple of Harmony, Freston Tower, Luttrell's Tower, The Pigsty

Robin Hood's Hut is a small pavilion in the grounds of Halswell House, Goathurst, Somerset, England.

It was built between 1740 and 1760 by Sir Charles Kemeys-Tynte. It had three rooms: an earth-floored hermit's room, a kitchen and a "china room" used for dining. It is fronted by an umbrello which is open air.

When the Somerset Buildings Preservation Trust started restoration work in 1997, with grants from English Heritage and the Heritage Lottery, the structure had neither roof nor windows, had lost much of its plasterwork and its umbrello was almost gone.

Robin Hood's Hut was commended in the Building Conservation category of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors awards 2005, and is a Grade II* listed building.

The building was acquired by the Landmark Trust in 2002 and is available as a holiday let.

References

Robin Hood's Hut Wikipedia