Fishing Temple In Grounds Of Holywell Hall

The Fishing Temple, located in the grounds of Holywell Hall, is a garden temple dating from around 1732. It is constructed of ashlar stone and features a hipped slate roof with lead dressings. The temple is a single-storey structure with a five-bay front that includes a plinth, rusticated quoins, and a moulded cornice. The middle three bays are slightly advanced and form a pediment resembling a Doric portico, flanked by single glazing bar sash windows with stepped keyblocks. An oval plaque depicting a male head in profile is set into the central pediment. The recessed central open chamber has double six-panelled doors surrounded by rusticated surrounds with stepped keyblocks on the side walls. The side chambers retain limestone diamond flags, dado rails, and cornices. This temple is identical to one designed by James Gibbs at Hackwood and published in his Book of Architecture in 1728.