Doric Temple is a Grade I listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 January 1955. Temple.

Doric Temple

WRENN ID: quartered-vestry-meadow
Grade: I
Local Planning Authority: North York Moors National Park
Country: England
Date first listed: 4 January 1955
Type: Temple
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SE 58 SE RIEVAULX RIEVAULX TERRACE

5/121 Doric Temple (Formerly listed as 4.1.55 Tuscan Temple on Rievaulx Terrace)

GV I

Temple. Wrongly shown on OS map as Tuscan Temple. 1758. Probably by Sir Thomas Robinson. Sandstone ashlar, lead roof. Circular, peripteral dodecastyle plan. Doric columns raised on podium. 10 steps to half- glazed fielded-panel door. 3 round-headed sash windows with thick glazing bars. Metope and triglyph frieze with paterae and bocrania. Low drum and hemispherical dome. Interior: Medieval floor tiles from Rievaulx Abbey. Door beneath pediment carried on brackets. Swags and heads above windows. Moulded modillion cornice with leaf frieze. Coffered ceiling with painting of Ganymede in centre. Pevsner, Yorkshire: The North Riding, 1966; Hussey, 'Duncombe Park, Yorkshire - II', Country Life, December 12, 1957.

Listing NGR: SE5773384408

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