THE ROTUNDA APPROXIMATELY 600 METRES WEST NORTH WEST OF DITCHLEY HOUSE
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II*
List Entry Number: 1251530
Date first listed: 27-Aug-1957
Date of most recent amendment: 30-Aug-1988
Statutory Address: THE ROTUNDA APPROXIMATELY 600 METRES WEST NORTH WEST OF DITCHLEY HOUSE
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Location
Statutory Address: THE ROTUNDA APPROXIMATELY 600 METRES WEST NORTH WEST OF DITCHLEY HOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Oxfordshire
District: West Oxfordshire (District Authority)
Parish: Spelsbury
National Grid Reference: SP 38466 21361
Summary
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
SPELSBURY DITCHLEY PARK
SP32SE
8/173 The Rotunda approx. 600m WNW
27/08/57 of Ditchley House
(Formerly listed as Ditchley
Park Mansion and Temple)
GV II*
Garden temple. Circa 1760 by Stiff Leadbetter for the Earl of Litchfield.
Limestone ashlar. Circular plan. A circular Ionic colonnade (the rear section a
solid wall with corresponding pilasters) supports a heavy entablature and a
lead-covered dome; rusticated decagonal base has 5 round-headed openings at the
front, and at the rear is largely concealed by a turf double ramp leading to a
panelled door at first-floor level. Between the columns is a delicate iron
balustrade. Interior: dome has plaster coffering and a modillion cornice. An
arched opening below the ramp leads to the enclosed rear section of the base.
The Rotunda forms the principal focal point from the rear of Ditchley House.
(Ditchley Park is included in the English Heritage Historic Gardens Register at
Grade II*; Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: p576)
Listing NGR: SP3846621361
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number: 434128
Legacy System: LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Sherwood, J , The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, (1974), 576
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 34 Oxfordshire
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