Willie's Temple, Melville Castle is a Grade A listed building in the Midlothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 February 1991. Summerhouse.

Willie's Temple, Melville Castle

WRENN ID: steep-ember-gorse
Grade: A
Local Planning Authority: Midlothian
Country: Scotland
Date first listed: 15 February 1991
Type: Summerhouse
Source: Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Circa 1760. Single storey, circular-plan, domed hilltop summerhouse, (possibly also a wellhead?). Polished ashlar sandstone. Arranged as

4 arched openings with Gibbsian surrounds; 4 intermediate piers, each with tall, blind arched panel, framed by panelled pilaster strips stopped by a convex moulding at foot, terminating in a scrolled console (only 1 survives). Moulded cornice; stone, bell-cast roof, crowned by stone pineapple finial (recently collapsed, circa 1994).

INTERIOR: possibly originally plastered, stone domed ceiling; small, round-headed niches set in ingoes of arched openings.

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