The Temple is a Grade II* listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1955. A Georgian Banqueting house.
The Temple
- WRENN ID
- plain-beam-crag
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 July 1955
- Type
- Banqueting house
- Period
- Georgian
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TL 97 NW EUSTON EUSTON PARK
5/35 The Temple 14.7.55 - II*
Banqueting house. 1746: Designed by William Kent for the 2nd Duke of Grafton in Palladian style. White brick, with stone dressings, cornice and pediment, and unusual rustications in white and pale grey flint. Domed, lead-covered roof to centre with triangular pediment, said to have been reconstructed after a fire, omitting some of the original interior decoration (see Pevsner). 2-storey centre with a pedimented small-paned sash window to front and back, and 2 lower flanking extensions with semi-circular headed niches. On each side, a dog-leg stair with stone balustrades leads up to the principal room on the first floor. Below this room is another, with 4 free-standing Tuscan columns.
Listing NGR: TL9041278412
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