Description

GRANGE-OVER-SANDS

SD47NW MEATHOP ROAD, Holme Island 705-1/2/51 (East side (off)) 02/05/75 Garden Temple at Holme Island House, to S of house, including attached bridge

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Garden temple. Probably mid C19. Limestone ashlar with cast-iron columns and lead-covered dome. Circular plan, surrounded by a moat spanned on the north side by a cast-iron bridge with limestone abutments and 'turned' iron balustrades. The temple is raised on 3 limestone steps and has 16 Corinthian columns supporting a circular entablature decorated with goats' heads and swags. The central drum has low windows on 4 sides and is capped by a dome. On the north side there are curved panelled double doors set in an architrave with a cornice on brackets. 3 round-headed niches face in the other cardinal directions. INTERIOR: not fully inspected. Appears to have 2 enriched cornices, a dome with mural painting, niches with leaf decoration to their spandrels, and a central rectangular block of stone. Holme Island House not included.



Listing NGR: SD4220878052

External Links

• Wikidata Q26559755

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide