Octagonal Temple Approximately 250 Metres To South West Of Shotover Park is a Grade II* listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1963. A Early Victorian Garden temple.
Octagonal Temple Approximately 250 Metres To South West Of Shotover Park
- WRENN ID
- long-storey-hemlock
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1963
- Type
- Garden temple
- Period
- Early Victorian
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Octagonal Temple, built around 1835 by William Kent for General James Tyrrell, is a garden temple located approximately 250 meters to the southwest of Shotover Park. Constructed from limestone ashlar, it features an octagonal plan with four sides that project forward, each containing archways adorned with projecting keyblocks and imposts set in chamfered rustication. The remaining sides have round-headed niches in smooth ashlar. Above a heavy cornice, there is a stepped stone base that once supported a lead-clad dome, of which parts of the wooden structure still remain. The temple is situated on a high mound and serves as a focal point in the significant early 18th-century formal layout of the garden.
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