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Temple by Lady Dorothy Wellesley (Duchess of Wellington) in the Garden of Penns in the Rocks

A Grade II Listed Building in Withyham, East Sussex

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.0895 / 51°5'22"N

Longitude: 0.1699 / 0°10'11"E

OS Eastings: 552057

OS Northings: 134484

OS Grid: TQ520344

Mapcode National: GBR MQ7.MR8

Mapcode Global: FRA C677.Q0K

Plus Code: 9F3235Q9+RW

Entry Name: Temple by Lady Dorothy Wellesley (Duchess of Wellington) in the Garden of Penns in the Rocks

Listing Date: 31 December 1982

Last Amended: 8 September 1983

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1028044

English Heritage Legacy ID: 296935

ID on this website: 101028044

Location: Mott's Mill, Wealden, East Sussex, TN3

County: East Sussex

District: Wealden

Civil Parish: Withyham

Traditional County: Sussex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): East Sussex

Church of England Parish: Withyham St Michael and All Angels

Church of England Diocese: Chichester

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Description


In the entry for

13/170A

WITHYHAM
GRO0MBRIDGE
Temple in the garden of Penns-in-the Rocks

the address shall be amended to read

GROOMBRIDGE
Temple by Lady Dorothy Wellesley (Duchess of Wellington) in the garden of Penns-in-the Rocks

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1.
5208
TQ 53 SW
13/170A

WITHYHAM
GROOMBRIDGE
Temple in the garden of Penns-in-the Rocks

II

2.
The house was occupied from 1925 onwards by Lady Dorothy Wellesley, later
Duchess of Wellington, who was a poetess. She built this temple to commemorate
the other poets such as W B Yeats, Walter de la Mare and Victoria Sackville West
who visited her here. Red brick with stone columns and tiled roof. The names
or initials of the poets are inscribed in stone tablets on the floor.

Listing NGR: TQ5205734484

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