Monument record 0534300000 - LANGLEY PARK
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (3)
- (Former Type) OBELISK (Built 1865, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
- (Former Type) PROSPECT TOWER (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)
- (Former Type) GARDEN TEMPLE (Built about 1740, 18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
Description
MONUMENT TO ROBERT HARVEY, 1865. TALL DORIC COLUMN ON TALL PEDESTAL AND WITH OPENWORK LANTERN SURMOUNT. QUADRANT WALLS TO PEDESTAL & STRAIGHT WING WALLS FRIEZE ACROSS QUADRANTS, IN MEMORIAM ROBERT HARVEY HOC MONUMENTUM FILIUS EX EXIT A.D.1865. WING WALLS CONCEALED ROOMS. DEMOLISHED PRE-1960 (B1-3).
Column built on site of a two-storey octagonal Palladian style garden temple built about 1740 to designs by Roger Morris and described by Lady Hertford in a letter of 1743 and by Lady Newdigate in 1748. Demolished between 1845 and 1865. Replaced by the 30m high oriental style column designed by F P Cockerell in 1864, built in 1865 and demolished in 1959. The column contained 100 steps ascending to a viewing platform and was possibly inspired by the Cobham column at Stowe. Only the plinth remains (B4).
Buildings report held at NMR (B5)
Sources (5)
- <1>SBC3552 Bibliographic reference: DoE (Ministry of Housing & Local Government). 1950. PROVISIONAL LIST OF BUILDINGS OF ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST.
- <2>SBC11706 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner. 1960. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. p183.
- <3>SBC10416 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1960. OS 1960 SIX INCH MAP. 1:10,560.
- <4>SBC22710 Unpublished document: Lear Associates. 2006. Temple Gardens Report (draft).
- <5>SBC23358 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2006. NMR Buildings Reports. BF059997.
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 01440 82353 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WEXHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Oct 27 2024 9:10PM
