The Temple is a Grade II listed building in the Brighton and Hove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 October 1952. Garden temple. 1 related planning application.
The Temple
- WRENN ID
- worn-basalt-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 October 1952
- Type
- Garden temple
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
BRIGHTON
TQ3303SW THE ESPLANADE, Kemp Town 577-1/55/900 (East side) 13/10/52 The Temple
II
Garden temple. c1835. Designed by William Kendall, the architect who laid out Madeira Drive and the Esplanade and who also designed the Esplanade Cottages and Reading Room (qv). Stucco. Roof obscured by parapet and C20 walkway. PLAN: rectangular, set into embankment. EXTERIOR: main elevation treated as a round-arched arcade of 3 bays with a return of one bay. Each pier is composite formed from a plain pier with springing band for the arches to which has been applied a Tuscan pilaster which supports an entablature running just above the top of the arcade. End walls treated as rusticated piers across which the dentil cornice of the entablature runs. Return of single bay to same design to the right. Kemp Town constitutes a most important group and consists of Arundel Terrace, Chichester Terrace, Lewes Crescent, Sussex Square and related buildings. Forms part of a group with the former Old Reading Room, Esplanade Cottages and the tunnel entrance (qv). (Carder T: The Encyclopaedia of Brighton: Lewes: 1990-: 81).
Listing NGR: TQ3334703360
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