Building record 0420802021 - TEMPLE OF FRIENDSHIP, Stowe Landscape Gardens

Summary

Eighteenth century garden temple, used as a meeting place for Lord Cobham and his friends

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (I) 1211947: THE TEMPLE OF FRIENDSHIP TO SOUTH EAST OF THE MANSION
  • 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 (1)

  • GARDEN TEMPLE (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

Grade I. Ruined Tuscan temple. 1739 by Gibbs. Large building with portico, semi- circular arched doorway flanked by blank arches, and two open arches each side of portico. Facade rises above portico with central inscribed tablet flanked by roundels, moulded cornice with four stone balls (B14).
The National Trust Survey of Stowe undertaken in 1989 notes that this was the meeting place of Lord Cobham and his friends containing busts of his political allies and allegorial paintings. The façade was raised in 1760 to match the scale of the Queen's Temple. The interior and roof was destroyed by fire and it is now a ruin (B13,B18).
Included in English Heritage's Buildings at Risk Registers. In 1999 - 2006 described as priority 3 (C): 'Slow decay; no solution agreed'; in 2007 described as priority E: 'Under repair…'; in 2008-9 priority D: 'some works carried out, more needed'; in 2011 priority C: 'slow decay, no solution agreed'; in 2015-2018 priority D: 'Slow decay; solution agreed but not yet implemented' (B33,B37-39,B43,B45,B48,B54,B64,B68-70).
Brief description (B4).
Brief description in c.1862 (B5).
Description & location plan (B7).

Sources (20)

  • ---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. p108.
  • <5>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. pp305,308.
  • <7>SBC11706 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner. 1960. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. p260.
  • <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. p30.
  • <18>SBC19992 Unpublished document: Angus Wainwright. 1989. The National Trust Archaeological Survey: Stowe. pp20.
  • <21>SBC20023 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2001. Stowe Park, Stowe, Buckinghamshire: An Archaeological Survey by English Heritage (Survey Report).
  • <33>SBC22671 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2006. English Heritage Register of Buildings at Risk 2006. p52.
  • <37>SBC19679 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 1999. English Heritage Register of Buildings at Risk 1999. p54.
  • <38>SBC19680 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2001. English Heritage Register of Buildings at Risk 2001. p57.
  • <39>SBC19681 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2002. English Heritage Register of Buildings at Risk 2002. p55.
  • <43>SBC22953 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2007. English Heritage Register of Buildings at Risk 2007. p50.
  • <45>SBC23138 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2008. Heritage at Risk Register 2008. p212.
  • <48>SBC23453 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2009. Heritage at Risk Register 2009: South East. p28.
  • <54>SBC24032 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2011. Heritage at Risk Register 2011: South East. p22.
  • <64>SBC24601 Digital archive: Historic England. 2015. Heritage at Risk Register 2015.
  • <68>SBC24775 Digital archive: Historic England. 2016. Heritage at Risk Register 2016. p5.
  • <69>SBC24932 Digital archive: Historic England. 2017. Heritage at Risk Register 2017.
  • <70>SBC25083 Digital archive: Historic England. 2018. Heritage at Risk Register 2018.

Location

Grid reference SP 68020 36988 (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 11:10AM

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