Temple At Tl 528 381, East Of Audley End House

The temple, located east of Audley End House, is a Grade II* listed Corinthian structure built in 1790 by RWF Brettingham to commemorate George III's first recovery from his mental condition. It is a small building, measuring approximately 10.5 by 5.6 meters, aligned north-south, and designed to appear as a ruin against the skyline, lacking pediments or a roof. The temple features a peripteral and tetrastyle design, with columns on the north and south fronts arranged with a wide central gap and clustered corners.

The low brick podium has a stone floor and supports smooth clunch columns with oolitic limestone moulded bases and terracotta capitals. The entablature is adorned with an acanthus-decorated modillion cornice featuring dentils, and an enriched fluted frieze with Coade stone panels by Rossi on the south and north fronts, which depict themes of gods and well-being. The east and west faces of the frieze carry a now fragmentary metal-lettered inscription that records the erection of the temple by Sir John Griffin Griffin, who was then Lord Howard de Walden. Surrounding the structure is a circular ha-ha.