Temple Beside The Lake At The Bury At Grid Reference Tl 1906 2174

TL 12 SE ST PAUL'S WALDEN ST PAUL'S WALDEN BURY

4/202 Temple beside the lake at The Bury at Grid Ref TL 1906 2174 (formerly listed 27.5.68 as The Gardens at St Paul's Walden Bury)

GV II

Garden temple. 1773 by Sir William Chambers originally erected at Danson Park, Kent, re-erected here 1961 (inscription on skirting inside commemorates rebuilding). Brick built with stucco front and red brick sides and rear. Portico of timber with stone bases to columns and 5 moulded stone steps descending into lake. Low pitched roof. A small. rectangular building facing W across the lake to the Wyatt Temple at the other end of the 1st cross-axis of the garden. Central projection at rear houses arched recess inside, and front has a tetrastyle Doric portico with unfluted Roman Doric order, with triglyph frieze, mutular cornice, and triangular pediment. Tall capped urn on roofridge probably of Coade stone. 2 round-headed sash windows flank a wider round-headed doorway in centre with 3/4 glazed door and lion keystone. Pilasters and panelled soffit to portico. Sections of entablature on sides to N and S.

Listing NGR: TL1906021740