CHINESE TEMPLE
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II*
List Entry Number: 1131080
Date first listed: 10-Jan-1953
Statutory Address: CHINESE TEMPLE
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Location
Statutory Address: CHINESE TEMPLE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish: Amesbury
National Grid Reference: SU 14782 41797
Summary
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
AMESBURY -
SU 1 541
11/2 Chinese Temple
10.1.53
GV II*
Garden ornament. 1772, by Sir William Chambers, for the Duchess of
Queensbury. Chilmark stone with knapped flint outlining zig-zag
and chain patterns. Slate roof. Square cella, straddling leet
from River Avon on a single wide arch. Timber verandah around all
sides with lean-to roof and a Chinese pattern balustrade, gabled
central to each face and extended out on two sides to form canopy
to steps. Perron stair with handrails. Timber door with brass
vents in a moulded stone doorcase. Large oval windows, one each
side, with timber grilles and interior shutters. Extensively and
well restored 1986-7, and set in new Chinese style garden.
Interior has domed ceiling. Group value as part of the landscape
designed by Henry Flitcroft, 1726-30, and Charles Bridgeman, 1730-
38, added to by others during the C18.
Listing NGR: SU1478241797
Legacy
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Legacy System number: 321313
Legacy System: LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing