Temple Of Echo is a Grade II* listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1957. A Georgian Garden temple.

Temple Of Echo

WRENN ID
carved-oriel-vale
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Country
England
Date first listed
27 August 1957
Type
Garden temple
Period
Georgian
Source
Historic England listing

Description

ROUSHAM ROUSHAM PARK GARDENS SP4724 14/232 Temple of Echo 27/08/57 (Formerly listed under The Pyramid and Townsend's Building) GV II* Garden temple. c.1738-40 by William Kent and William Townesend. Limestone ashlar; hipped Welsh slate roof. Octagonal plan. Classical style. Pedimented portico has two Tuscan columns in antis. Moulded cornices and vermiculated frieze. 6-pane sash with heavy glazing bars to left. Interior: Roman tomb. Architectural frames to niches and Hellenistic-style relief carving. Part of the landscape gardens laid out by William Kent between 1733 and 1740. Probably designed by Kent and built by Townesend. (Rousham Park is included in the H.B.M.C. Register of Parks and Gardens at Grade I; Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: p746; M. Jourdain, The Work of William Kent, 1948, p80)

Listing NGR: SP4778124598

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