Building record 0420802006 - DOMED PAVILION, School Shop, Stowe School

Summary

Late eighteenth century Neo-classical style garden pavilion, originally a menagerie, later a museum, now a shop.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1211928: SCHOOL SHOP
  • SHINE: Stowe medieval to post medieval landscape garden, medieval deserted villages of Lamport & Boycott, shrunken village of Daford, also moats, manors and fishponds, ridge and furrow earthworks & cropmarks, and areas of ancient semi natural woodland

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Type and Period (4)

  • (Former Type) PAVILION (Built 1781, 18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
  • (Former Type) ANIMAL HOUSE (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
  • (Former Type) MUSEUM (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
  • SHOP (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Detailed description (B4).
Description & location plan (B7).
Grade II. 1781 probably by Vincenzo Valdre. Built as Her Ladyship's Menagerie, later the Duke's Museum. Neo-classical building of stone and cement, with 3 bay domed central block with Ionic pilaster order, arched central doorway flanked by niches, parapet with four urns; quadrant wings with Ionic columns, pedimented end pavilions (B14).

Sources (4)

  • ---SBC17422 Aerial Photograph: 04/09/76. BCM A2/11/20-22. SP\674376. Yes.
  • <4>SBC26953 Bibliographic reference: George Lipscomb. 1847. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (Volume 3). Volume 3. pp99-100.
  • <7>SBC11706 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner. 1960. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. p260.
  • <14>SBC3681 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1983. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. pp24-25.

Location

Grid reference SP 67383 37328 (point)
Civil Parish STOWE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13583)

Record last edited

Nov 9 2024 10:50AM

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