Building record 0420802009 - TEMPLE OF CONCORD & VICTORY, Stowe Landscape Gardens

Summary

Eighteenth century garden temple

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Listed Building (I) 1289755: THE TEMPLE OF CONCORD AND VICTORY
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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GARDEN TEMPLE (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

Detailed description (B4).
Brief description in c.1862 (B5) and in early 20th century (B6).
Description & location plan (B7).
Grade I. Ionic Temple 1749 by Earl Temple, as the Grecian Temple, renamed 1763 to celebrate the Peace of Paris. 6 fluted columned pedimented portico approached by flight of steps. Relief carving in pediment by Scheemakers. Peristyle columns removed to school chapel [CAS 04208:05](B14).
The peristyle columns were removed to the school chapel in the late 1920s and the five lead statues on the roof were probably removed and sold in 1921 - these were some of the nine muses which probably adorned the parterre. The relief carving by Sheermaker was added in 1762, this originally formed a solid east wall to the Palladian Bridge (B18).

Sources (15)

---SBC17422 Aerial Photograph: 04/09/76. BCM A2/11/20-22. SP\674376. Yes.
<2>SBC14098 Bibliographic reference: SEELEY B 1766 STOWE, A DESCRIPTION OF THE MAGNIFICENT HOUSE & GARDENS (WITH ILLUS) (ARE VARIOUS ED.
<3>SBC16278 Bibliographic reference: VERTUE G ET AL; ENGRAVINGS IN SOC OF ANTIQUARIES RED PORTFOLIO P24.
<4>SBC26953 Bibliographic reference: George Lipscomb. 1847. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (Volume 3). Volume 3. pp105-106.
<5>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. pp305,307.
<6>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. pp229-233 (brief description).
<7>SBC11706 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner. 1960. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. p261.
<9>SBC16531 Bibliographic reference: WHISTLER L, GIBBON M & CLARKE G 1974 STOWE, A GUIDE TO THE GARDENS (HAS A FULL BIBLIOGRAPHY ON PP37-.
<10>SBC2990 Bibliographic reference: CLARKE G 1976 (JULY) SLIDES OF AIR PHOTOS TAKEN JULY 1976 FROM A BALLOON SHOWING FORMER GARDEN FEATU.
<13>SBC16362 Bibliographic reference: WAINWRIGHT A 1989 NATIONAL TRUST ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY: STOWE (COPY, FILED).
<14>SBC3681 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1983. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p26.
<15>SBC9897 Bibliographic reference: NATTES C 1805-9 COLLECTION OF 105 SKETCHES & DRAWINGS OF STOWE (AT BCM).
<17>SBC4634 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 1994. REGISTER OF PARKS & GARDENS OF SPECIAL HISTORIC INTEREST IN ENGLAND: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. Part 4.
<18>SBC19992 Unpublished document: Angus Wainwright. 1989. The National Trust Archaeological Survey: Stowe.
<21>SBC20023 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2001. Stowe Park, Stowe, Buckinghamshire: An Archaeological Survey by English Heritage (Survey Report).

Location

Grid reference	SP 67506 37710 (point)
Civil Parish	STOWE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13583)

Record last edited

Nov 9 2024 10:52AM