Temple Of Victory With Railed Enclosure

The Temple of Victory, with a railed enclosure, is a summer house or viewpoint built in 1790 for Colonel Thornton. Constructed from ashlar, it originally had a lead roof, which is now missing, and features wrought-iron balustrades and railings. The structure is octagonal, with the main floor elevated on a plinth that contains basement rooms.

The basement has three sides with projecting round-arched doorways that hold 4-panel doors with fanlights, each supporting balconies. The door on the north-east side leads to a privy, while the doors on the north-west and south-east sides open into basement rooms.

On the ground floor, the main entrance is located on the south-west side, accessed by two curved flights of steps with plain iron balustrades. These stairs are flanked by 6-pane central-pivot windows that illuminate the basement rooms. The doorway features a sash window with glazing bars, originally designed with hinged wooden panels below to allow it to be converted into a doorway. It has a shouldered architrave and consoles that support a triangular pediment, all within a projecting round-headed arch. A similar arch is found on the north-east side, where the window/door opens onto a balcony. The windows on the north-west and south-east sides also have similar architraves and lead to balconies. The remaining four walls include round-arched recesses and rectangular plaques, with projecting ashlar bands at balcony level, window sill, and lintel level, along with an eaves cornice and a plain parapet. The building has a domed roof and two short corniced stacks located behind the parapet on the north-east side.

Inside, the principal room contains a small fireplace, and the basement is divided into two rooms, which include a cooking range, fireplace, and cupboards. The railings are wrought-iron set on an ashlar plinth, featuring pointed bars and arrow-heads on the dog-bars, with gates on the south-west and south-east sides. This building is situated close to the A1 road and has suffered extensive vandalism, leading to the destruction of much of its original work.