Rotunda is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1967. Garden pavilion.
Rotunda
- WRENN ID
- old-pavement-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 December 1967
- Type
- Garden pavilion
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SP 61 NE WOTTON UNDERWOOD WOTTON HOUSE
3/176 Rotunda (formerly listed as Ionic Rotunda)
21.12.67
- II
Garden pavilion in form of circular temple. 1750s. Wood, the columns having stone bases; the roof is now made of fibreglass. 10 columns with moulded Ionic capitals and entablature. Shallow domed roof. The building was dilapidated at the time of listing in 1967, but has been restored, and largely rebuilt circa 1990. Illustrated in Country Life 1949 July 8th.
The historic designed landscape surrounding an early-C18 country house, with a contemporary layout, probably by George London and Henry Wise, developed into an extensive mid-C18 park for George Grenville by Lancelot Brown; William Pitt, later first Earl of Chatham, is credited with significant input with regard to the design.
Listing NGR: SP6854116191
The List entry was subject to a Minor Enhancement on 10 August 2016 as part of the tercentenary celebration of Lancelot Capability Brown's birth.
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