Pavilion, Baxter Park, Dundee

G H Stokes 1859-63, layout Sir Joseph Paxton. Italian Renaissance pavilion.

S ELEVATION: 5-bay open loggia with consoled keyblocked arches resting on clusters of 4 Roman Doric columns, coupled in dead elevation; extends as Venetian features into square corner pavilions which have coupled Ionic pilasters at angles and plain blind arches on E and W fronts glazing now boarded over. Balustraded parapets, end pavilions rise higher with conical finials on sculptured plinths.

Arcaded back wall and lower outshots in re-entrant agnles. Central niche in loggia.

Steps on axis, dies bearing cast-iron urns top and bottom. Balustrade missing. Low coped boundary walls to park, railings missing except at Wortley Place. Square ashlar gatepiers to Arbroath Road. Cast iron over-arch. Gates missing.