Building record 0420802016 - GOTHIC TEMPLE, Hawkwell Field, Stowe Landscape Gardens

Summary

Eighteenth century Gothick-style garden pavilion, now a holiday cottage.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (I) 1211945: THE GOTHIC TEMPLE
  • 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 (2)

  • (Former Type) PAVILION (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
  • GUEST COTTAGE (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Plan Form - TRIANGULAR
Grade I. Pavilion, now a holiday cottage; 1741 by Gibbs. Brown ironstone, roof concealed by castellated parapets. Two storeys. Triangular plan with 3 storey tower at one angle, stone domed turrets at two. Each side has shallow gable divided into three bays to attached columns of a gothicised doric order with pointed arches between. The two central columns are crowned with pinnacles, flanking a central roundel with quatre-foil. First floor windows are traceried with quatre-foils in the centre. Ground floor openings have gothic panelled spandrels. Each arch contains a pointed arched window recess, some blank, others with quatrefoil opening at the head (B14).
The National Trust's Survey of Stowe undertaken in 1989 noted that the building originally had stained glass windows, was surrounded by the seven Saxon Dieties and was dedicated to 'Our Ancestral Liberties' (hence it is sometimes known as the Temple of Liberties or the Saxon Temple). The building is now leased to the Landmark Trust (B18).

Sources (5)

  • ---SBC17422 Aerial Photograph: 04/09/76. BCM A2/11/20-22. SP\674376. Yes.
  • ---SBC19948 Aerial Photograph: Northamptonshire County Council. 1990. Stowe Gardens - Gothic Temple. SP678375. Yes.
  • <14>SBC3681 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1983. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p28.
  • <18>SBC19992 Unpublished document: Angus Wainwright. 1989. The National Trust Archaeological Survey: Stowe.
  • <49>SBC20536 Bibliographic reference: Jeffery W Whitelaw. 1982. Follies. pp7,13,19.

Location

Grid reference SP 67907 37446 (point)
Civil Parish STOWE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13583)

Record last edited

Sep 5 2023 8:16AM

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