Chinese Pavilion, At Centre Of Maze is a Grade II* listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1961. Garden building. 1 related planning application.
Chinese Pavilion, At Centre Of Maze
- WRENN ID
- waning-roof-fen
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1961
- Type
- Garden building
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SP 9632-9732 WOBURN WOBURN PARK 10/177 23.1.61 Chinese Pavilion, at centre of maze - II* Garden building in form of small Chinese Temple. Circa 1833, based on a design from Sir William Chambers' Designs of Chinese Buildings, Furniture, Dresses, Machines and Utensils, of 1757. Erected for John 6th Duke of Bedford. Painted timber and metal. Single-storeyed, octagonal structure. Stands on raised stone floor, paved in octagonal pattern in 2 types of stone. 8 columns with moulded base support pagoda style roof. Fretwork panels below eaves link the columns. Balustrading between columns on alternate sides also formed by fretwork panels. Roof is surmounted by central octagonal lantern, also with fretwork sides and canopied roof. Suspended from each angle of main roof and lantern roof are glass bells, alternatively red and blue. Whole structure covered with painted decoration, predominantly in red, yellow and green, that to ceiling imitating bamboo-work. C. Aslet, "Park and Garden Buildings at Woburn", Country Life, April 7th 1983, p. 861.
Listing NGR: SP9671132292
Detailed Attributes
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