The Temple In Whitley Park is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 May 1984. Temple, belvedere. 1 related planning application.
The Temple In Whitley Park
- WRENN ID
- spare-bailey-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 May 1984
- Type
- Temple, belvedere
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SE 11 NE LILEY LANE SE 2086 1694 Grange Moor
3/64 The Temple in Whitley Park II
Temple or belvedere (now ruined). Circa 1752-4. Attributed to James Paine. Ashlar, lined with coursed brickwork. Probable domed roof now gone. Octagonal structure within a square with set-back corners. Each side is pedimented with heavy moulded eaves cornice with blocking course. To three sides is a round arched window, and to the fourth side the doorway with shouldered architrave with chambranles, pulvinated frieze and cornice. Each opening is set in a round-arched recess. Moulded impost band. The interior is octagonal with the windows to 4 sides and a round-arched niche to each of the other 4 sides. Fragments of plasterwork still survive. The floor has fallen in. The lower level has a round-arched niche to four sides and a round- arched entrance.
D. Linstrum, West Yorkshire Architects & Architecture, 1978.
Listing NGR: SE2086216949
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