Description

SX 45 SE MAKER-WITH-RAME MOUNT EDGCUMBE COUNTRY PARK

7/200 Temple of Milton
25.1.68
GV II*

Temple. Late C18. Rendered limestone. Circular plan, on plinth of 4 granite
steps. 5 open bays to front, with Ionic columns, engaged half-column to each side,
frieze and modillion cornice, blocking course and domed roof.
Interior Frieze and dentil cornice below domed plaster roof, rear wall has round-
headed niche, with marble tablet over with quotation from Milton's Paradise Lost,
Book IV:
"Over head up grow
Insuperable height of loftiest shade;
Cedar and fir and branching palm,
A sylvan scene; and as the ranks ascend
Shade above shade, a woody theatre
Of Statliest view."
The Temple is shown on an engraving by John Crook dated 1819.

Listing NGR: SX4571452625

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17555787

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)