Temple Of Milton

The Temple of Milton is a Grade II* listed structure located in Maker-with-Rame within Edgcumbe Country Park. This temple, built in the late 18th century, is made of rendered limestone and features a circular plan set on a plinth of four granite steps. The front has five open bays supported by Ionic columns, with engaged half-columns on each side. It is adorned with a frieze and a modillion cornice, topped with a blocking course and a domed roof.

Inside, the temple has a frieze and a dentil cornice beneath the domed plaster roof. The rear wall includes a round-headed niche that holds a marble tablet inscribed with a quotation from John Milton's "Paradise Lost," Book IV, which describes a sylvan scene of towering trees and a majestic view. The Temple of Milton is depicted in an engraving by John Crook from 1819.