Garden Temple Explained

Garden Temple
Coordinates:53.8628°N -1.0337°W
Gbgridref:SE 63647 41116
Location:Escrick, North Yorkshire, England
Other Name:Escrick Park Temple
Nearest City:York

Garden Temple, also known as Escrick Park Temple,[1] is a temple[2] and folly in Escrick, North Yorkshire, England.[3] The temple is listed as a grade II building under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 because of its historical or architectural significance.

History

The exact date of the building of the temple is not known, though it is thought to have been built as early as the mid 18th century and as late as the year of 1825.[4]

Architecture

The stone of which the circular temple is made from is ashlar and consists of two steps leading to the inside area of the temple, which is surrounded by two pilasters, four Ionic colonnades and a round wall, all topped off by a cornice with a roof above.

See also

References

  1. Web site: Database – The Folly Fellowship. follies.org.uk. 2018-06-10.
  2. Web site: Temple in Escrick Park (C) Brian C Payne. www.geograph.org.uk. 2018-06-10.
  3. Book: Yorkshire: York and the East Riding. Pevsner. Nikolaus. Neave. David. March 1995. Yale University Press. 0300095937.
  4. Book: Yorkshire: York and the East Riding. Pevsner. Nikolaus. Neave. David. March 1995. Yale University Press. 0300095937.