Buddhist Shrine In Garden Approximately 30 Metres To East Of Kildwick Hall

The Buddhist shrine located in the garden approximately 30 metres east of Kildwick Hall is a garden ornament that likely dates from the late 18th century to the 19th century. It is made of grey granite-like stone and features four legs with incised line decoration that support a tapering cylindrical shaft. This shaft is topped by an inverted truncated pyramid, upon which the square shrine rests. The side panels of the shrine are pierced, and the roof has a flattened cyma-moulded profile. This shrine is one of four that may have been introduced with the garden layout by Frances Mary Richardson Currer, who built the bay-windowed extension to Kildwick Hall in 1858. Frances was the granddaughter of Frances Clive, sister of Robert, 1st Lord Clive, who died in 1798, suggesting a possible family connection to such ornamental features.