Description

SK 14 SW ELLASTONE C.P. CALWICH PARK

5/50 Calwich Abbey Temple
flanking bridges with
10/1/53 gates, gate piers and
railings

- II*

Summer house and fishing lodge, bridges, gates, gate piers and railings.
Dated 1797. Ashlar with copper covered dome. Cast iron bridges.
Square single cell plan. 1 storey; tetrastyle Doric portico with
oval plaque within pediment inscribed "HOC / ET PISCATORIBUS /
SACRUM / EXSTRUXIT J. GRANVILLE / DEDICAVITQE / AMAENISSIMO SUO /
DOVE 1797." Central 6 panelled door flanked by round-headed niches;
moulded eaves cornice capped at each corner by ball ornaments on square
section acroteria, weather vane with fish motif on. top of dome; cast
iron hump-back bridges to left and right, spanning the two arms of a
former mill race, with gates and rusticated gate piers to each outer
end and railings to the sides. The 3 other elevations have glazing
bar sashes with small horns and segmental fan lights, the SW elevation
has steps leading down to the water. An idyllic pastoral landscape
feature in the shape of a small classical temple; Portico roofless at
time of re-survey (September 1984).

Listing NGR: SK1317743174

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17557313

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)