Garden Temple To South West Of Ince Blundell Hall

The Garden Temple, located to the southwest of Ince Blundell Hall, was built around 1775 by W. Everard. This structure is made of brick with stone dressings and features a 20th-century hipped roof. The southeast facade showcases an entablature with a fluted frieze and rosettes, along with a tetrastyle Tuscan portico. The frieze includes the inscription: "HIC VER ASSIDUUM ATQUE ALIENIS MENSIBUS AESTAS," which translates to "here are perpetual spring and summer in unexpected months." A classical mask is present in the pediment, with flanking square recesses that have architraves (boarded in 1985) and round recesses above. Behind the portico, there is a three-bay pilastrade featuring a central entrance with a classical relief above and niches on either side. The interior has canted angles that were originally stuccoed but are now bare brick, with stucco fragments stored. The space includes Venetian and flanking round-headed recesses, as well as niches in the angles. Classical altars are now boarded over (1985). The temple was constructed for Henry Blundell's collection of antiquities.