Temple of Fame on Cliff Top at South Side of Moon Pond
TEMPLE OF FAME ON CLIFF TOP AT SOUTH SIDE OF MOON POND
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1173994
- Date first listed:
- 06-Mar-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Temple of Fame on Cliff Top at South Side of Moon Pond
- Statutory Address:
- TEMPLE OF FAME ON CLIFF TOP AT SOUTH SIDE OF MOON POND
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1173994
- Date first listed:
- 06-Mar-1967
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 11-Jun-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Temple of Fame on Cliff Top at South Side of Moon Pond
- Statutory Address 1:
- TEMPLE OF FAME ON CLIFF TOP AT SOUTH SIDE OF MOON POND
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- TEMPLE OF FAME ON CLIFF TOP AT SOUTH SIDE OF MOON POND
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains
- National Grid Reference:
- SE2812968655
Details
SE 2868
9/85
6.3.67
LINDRICK WITH STUDLEY ROYAL AND FOUNTAINS
STUDLEY PARK
Temple of Fame on cliff top at south side of Moon Pond (formerly listed as Temple of Fame)
GV
II
Rotunda. 1729. By Thomas Buck and Robert Doe for John Aislabie. Moved
from original site and rebuilt probably 1780-81 by William Aislabie,
restored C19 and late C20. Gritstone podium and pillar bases, wooden
pillars and superstructure, lead-covered dome. 3 steps to platform
approximately 4 metres in diameter, the slabs laid in radiating circles.
The 8 columns are Roman Doric, the fluted entablature has paterae and
modillioned cornice, with parapet and dome above. The rotunda originally
stood close to the Banqueting House (qv) and had Ionic columns, but is now
situated on a view point towards that structure across the Moon Pond (qv).
During restorations 3 different styles of capital were identified, and 2
stone column drums now flank the gateway to Fountains Hall (qv). The 1781
design, followed in the 1970 restoration, may have been by Robert Adam who
was employed by William Aislabie at his houses in Grosvenor Square and
Hendon (Walker). G Beard, Studley Royal, Country Life, 1961.
W T C Walker, personal communication.
Listing NGR: SE2812968655
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 331089
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Country Life in 9 March, (1961)
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 32 North Yorkshire,
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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