Garden house at Charlton House

Following placement on Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register, a conservation project completed in 2023 made the building secure and weathertight. It is a Grade I listed building.

Charlton House was built between 1607-1612 for Sir Adam Newton, Dean of Durham and tutor to Prince Henry, eldest son of James I. Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner, in their 2002 revised edition, London 2: South, of the Pevsner Buildings of England, date the garden house as slightly later, c.1630, describing it as mid to late 17th century.

The Garden house at Charlton House, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, is a small red brick summer house with undercroft and high pyramidal swept roof dating from c.1630. The structure is often attributed to Inigo Jones, though there is no documentary evidence to support this claim. Its original purpose is unknown. In the 20th century, the building was adapted for use as a public lavatory, falling

Jacobean

The Garden house at Charlton House, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, is a small red brick summer house with undercroft and high pyramidal swept roof dating from c.1630.