The Committee for the Environment and Infrastructure has applied for planning permission to install the seating.
The pavilion is a popular location with parkgoers – looking over the duck pond with a southerly view of the park itself.
It was rebuilt in 2021 after the original structure had deteriorated to such an extent that it was closed to the public.
Paul’s Joinery did the construction work, supported by the Rotary Club, with the assistance of Sarnian Roofing, Bob Froome & Son, Norman Piette, PF+A Architects, Fusion Engineering, Scaffolding Services and Petersfield Plant Centre. Financial backing came from Butterfield, Resolution IT, the John Ramplin Charity Trust, and The Constables of Castel.
Pictured: The former pavilion being dismantled in 2021 after the wood it was built of had rotted.
The new structure was built to the same design as the original pavilion which is believed to have been built in 1935.
The park estate was owned by the 4th Baron de Saumarez, James St Vincent, who was said to be “in love with Japanese culture and architecture while holding a diplomatic post in the country” (CONNECT).
A Japanese tradesman came to the island to build the pavilion and a Japanese house which did not survive the Occupation.
The pavilion was restored in 1989, but after it fell into serious disrepair it was closed to the public in 2019 before being rebuilt.
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