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Latitude: 51.383 / 51°22'58"N
Longitude: -2.3644 / 2°21'52"W
OS Eastings: 374733
OS Northings: 164945
OS Grid: ST747649
Mapcode National: GBR 0QH.91B
Mapcode Global: VH96L.YHWN
Plus Code: 9C3V9JMP+56
Entry Name: Temple Ornament
Listing Date: 15 October 2010
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1395513
English Heritage Legacy ID: 510918
ID on this website: 101395513
Location: Kingsmead, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, BA1
County: Bath and North East Somerset
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Bath
Traditional County: Somerset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset
Church of England Parish: Bath St Michael Without
Church of England Diocese: Bath and Wells
Tagged with: Architectural structure
CHAPEL ROW
(North side)
Temple Ornament
GV II
Aedicular monument. 1876, using pieces from 1732-1734 (see below).
MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar. Monument on square plan, with four slender Ionic columns, and fifth, central column of more sturdy proportions. These carry entablature brought forward with segment each side, circle on square, with pyramidal capping slightly concave profile, and large ball finial. Columns on base slab with chamfered edge, with concave segmental curves, reversing play of square and circle in entablature, and on set back square podium. Monument c3.5m high, 1.25m square. Base has tablet recording that `Temple Ornament' was "Re-erected in 1976 after its restoration by students of Bath Technical College". Monument lies on verge, immediately south of No.14, Queen Square (qv). Stands on site of St. Mary's Chapel, Queen Square, by John Wood the Elder, built 1732-1734 and demolished for road widening c1875 to coincide with opening of Green Park station, then called Queen Square. This picturesque assemblage was formed from relics of Wood¿s Chapel. Compare the surviving columns from the chapel¿s portico, re-erected in garden of No.4 Cleveland Place West.
SOURCES: Ison W: The Georgian Buildings of Bath: Bath: 1980-: 54; The Bath Chronicle: Images of Bath: Derby: 1994-.
Listing NGR: ST7473364945
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