TEMPLE OF AEOLUS
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II
List Entry Number: 1262669
Date first listed: 10-Jan-1950
Statutory Address: TEMPLE OF AEOLUS, ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW, KEW GREEN, RICHMOND UPON THAMES, TW9 3AB
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Location
Statutory Address: TEMPLE OF AEOLUS, ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW, KEW GREEN, RICHMOND UPON THAMES, TW9 3AB
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Greater London Authority
District: Richmond upon Thames (London Borough)
National Grid Reference: TQ 18842 77088
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 04/10/2017
TQ 1877
9/48
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS
Temple of Aeolus
10.1.50
II
1763. Sir William Chambers. The existing temple is a replacement in 1845 by Decimus Burton of "the decaying temple of Aeolus ... by a very chaste structure of similar kind, in stone, from the original design of Sir William Chambers. (History of the Kings Works Vol VI, p.441.)
A domed rotunda with eight Tuscan columns.
Listing NGR: TQ1884277088
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number: 434357
Legacy System: LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Malden, H E, The Victoria History of the County of Surrey: Volume III, (1911), 485
Mordaunt Crook, J, Port, M H , 'The History of the Kings Works' in The History of the Kings Works 1782-1851, , Vol. 6, (1973), 441
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 17 Greater London
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