Description

BRAMHAM CUM OGLETHORPE BRAMHAM PARK SE4041 LS23 7/39 Gothic Temple approx. 2.9.52 & 30.3.66 370 metres south of Bramham Park house. (Formerly listed as Gothic Temple)

GV I

Summer house and water tower. C18. Magnesian limestone ashlar. Gothic style Octagonal in plan and apparently of 2 storeys, with buttresses at the angles, 2-centred arched doorways in the east and west sides, 2-centred arched sashed windows in the sides flanking these (but not in the north and south sides), all these openings with glazing bars intersecting in the head, and with diamond junctions to the glazing bars; at the upper level circular windows with radial glazing bars, in spherical triangles, a string course above, prominent moulded cornice and ogee-shaped "battlements" pierced with trefoils. Interior: Gothic panels formed by slender shafts; with foliated decoration; in the north and south sides, tall arched mirrors in place of windows with glazing bars like the windows. Cistern in roof served the house as water tower before advent of mains system.

Listing NGR: SE4080141343

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