Garden Temple Or Folly Circa 400 Yards North East Of Belford Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1987. Garden temple, folly.
Garden Temple Or Folly Circa 400 Yards North East Of Belford Hall
- WRENN ID
- unlit-column-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1987
- Type
- Garden temple, folly
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a Gothick garden temple or folly, built around 1756, designed by James Paine for Abraham Dixon. It is located approximately 400 yards northeast of Belford Hall. The structure is made of dressed stone and features a broad chamfered plinth, with the interior lined in brick. It has an octagonal plan and includes an ogee-headed door and three ogee-headed windows on alternating sides, along with blind cross-shaped arrow slits above. The alternating blank walls also have imitation arrow slits. Inside, there is a fireplace and three rounded niches. The temple was roofless at the time of the survey. Belford Hall is situated in Belford Parish.
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