Alice’s Seat
A beautiful open-fronted summerhouse with cob walls and thatched roof
Alice’s Seat is a faithful recreation of the original structure – Alice’s Retreat – built for Alice Hext, who owned Trebah with her husband Charles from 1907-1939.
It was rebuilt in 2002 using green oak timbers, with the cob and cobbles coming from the garden, and won a prestigious Civic Trust award.
Surrounding the summerhouse are scores of plants chosen specifically for their fragrant flowers including Osmanthus, Myrtus and the delightful ‘Christmas Box’ Sarcococca confusa.
To sit here with the sun on your face and breathe in such an intoxicating mixture of perfume is one of the delights of a visit to Trebah.
