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The Gothic Temple

A Grade I Listed Building in Stowe, Buckinghamshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.0313 / 52°1'52"N

Longitude: -1.0115 / 1°0'41"W

OS Eastings: 467910

OS Northings: 237444

OS Grid: SP679374

Mapcode National: GBR 9X9.P2D

Mapcode Global: VHDT2.F63P

Plus Code: 9C4W2XJQ+G9

Entry Name: The Gothic Temple

Listing Date: 25 September 1951

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1211945

English Heritage Legacy ID: 396471

ID on this website: 101211945

Location: Buckinghamshire, MK18

County: Buckinghamshire

Civil Parish: Stowe

Traditional County: Buckinghamshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Buckinghamshire

Church of England Parish: Stowe

Church of England Diocese: Oxford

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Description


SP 6737 STOWE

9/74 STOWE SCHOOL The Gothic Temple

25.9.51 GV I

Pavilion, now a holiday cottage; 1741 by Gibbs. Brown ironstone, roof concealed by castellated parapets. Two storeys. Triangular plan with 3 storey tower at one angle, stone domed turrets at two. Each side has shallow gable divided into three bays to attached columns of a gothicised doric order with pointed arches between. The two central columns are crowned with pinnacles, flanking a central roundel with quatre-foil. First floor windows are traceried with quatre-foils in the centre. Ground floor openings have gothic panelled spandrels. Each arch contains a pointed arched window recess, some blank, others with quatrefoil opening at the head.

Listing NGR: SP6791037444

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