Description

SK 34 SW PARISH OF WESTON UNDERWOOD CUMBERHILLS ROAD
3/105 (North Side)
Gothic Temple,
13.2. Kedleston Park
II*
Folly, now house. c1758-9. Probably by Robert Adam. Red brick
faced in sandstone ashlar. Roof hidden behind parapets. Single
storey. Gothic style with Dec detail. West elevation of three
bays, divided by triple shafted columns with shaft rings and
stiff leaf capitals. Each bay has a 3-light pointed window
with surprisingly correct reticulated tracery and crocketed
ogee hoodmould. Over each window is a trefoiled super arch with
upright leaf responds. Blank shields in spandrels and below the
sills. Moulded cornice and parapet above with blind triangular
headed motifs. The centre bay has a second tall parapet with a
blind cross arrow slit, flanked by pierced quatrefoils. Lozenge
frieze above. Four crocketed pinnacles. Narrow north and south
elevations with) similar parapets and centre bay, flanked by
narrow blind bays. Lower block to west. The interior has stucco
work by Vassali.

Source: See drawing amongst the Adam Collection at the Soane
Museum.

Listing NGR: SK3187741789

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17545109

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