Building record 0420802006 - DOMED PAVILION, School Shop, Stowe School
Summary
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
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 (2)
- ---SBC17422 Aerial Photograph: 04/09/76. BCM A2/11/20-22. SP\674376. Yes.
- <14>SBC3681 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1983. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. pp24-25.
Location
Grid reference | SP 67383 37328 (point) |
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Civil Parish | STOWE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13583)
Record last edited
Aug 25 2009 11:43AM