Temple Of Fame On Cliff Top At South Side Of Moon Pond

SE 2868 9/85 6.3.67

LINDRICK WITH STUDLEY ROYAL AND FOUNTAINS STUDLEY PARK Temple of Fame on cliff top at south side of Moon Pond (formerly listed as Temple of Fame)

GV II

Rotunda. 1729. By Thomas Buck and Robert Doe for John Aislabie. Moved from original site and rebuilt probably 1780-81 by William Aislabie, restored C19 and late C20. Gritstone podium and pillar bases, wooden pillars and superstructure, lead-covered dome. 3 steps to platform approximately 4 metres in diameter, the slabs laid in radiating circles. The 8 columns are Roman Doric, the fluted entablature has paterae and modillioned cornice, with parapet and dome above. The rotunda originally stood close to the Banqueting House (qv) and had Ionic columns, but is now situated on a view point towards that structure across the Moon Pond (qv). During restorations 3 different styles of capital were identified, and 2 stone column drums now flank the gateway to Fountains Hall (qv). The 1781 design, followed in the 1970 restoration, may have been by Robert Adam who was employed by William Aislabie at his houses in Grosvenor Square and Hendon (Walker). G Beard, Studley Royal, Country Life, 1961. W T C Walker, personal communication.

Listing NGR: SE2812968655