Doric Temple is a Grade II* listed building in the Rotherham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1952. A Not explicitly stated Temple.

Doric Temple

WRENN ID
shifting-cobalt-cream
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Rotherham
Country
England
Date first listed
29 April 1952
Type
Temple
Period
Not explicitly stated
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SK39NE WENTWORTH WENTWORTH PARK

4/103 Doric Temple (formerly listed 29.4.52 with Wentworth Hoodhouse)

GV II*

Ornamental temple. c1745 by Henry Flitcroft (engraving) for Thomas Watson Wentworth. Sandstone ashlar. Open-sided octagon with vaulted dome, Doric. Each side has 3 nosed steps set between square stylobates of attached columns which have 4 bands of stalactite rustication. Round- arched opening to each side with moulded plinth, impost and archivolt with console-shaped keystone. Cornice breaks forward over columns to support ball finials each with band of stalactite rustication (two missing). Ashlar dome with stepped lower courses.

Interior: radial paving with octagonal central stone. Impost and archivolt to inside of arches. Cornice beneath vault. A well-preserved and important landscape feature of the park.

Engraving in Bodleian Library, Gough Maps 35, folio 48B. Related bills in Wentworth Woodhouse Muniments, drawer C, bundle 35, Sheffield City Library.

Listing NGR: SK3993097174

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