Temple of Flora Chatsworth, England
Listed Building Data
Temple of Flora has been designated a Grade I listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1088176
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- I
- Date Listed
- 12 July 1967
- Name
- TEMPLE OF FLORA
- Location
- TEMPLE OF FLORA
- Parish
- Chatsworth
- District
- Derbyshire Dales
- County
- Derbyshire
- Grid Reference
- SK 26072 70232
- Easting
- 426072.3270
- Northing
- 370232.0000
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
PARISH OF CHATSWORTH CHATSWORTH GARDENS SK 2670 6/62 12.7.67 Temple of Flora GV I
Originally bowling house, now public entrance to gardens. 1693-5 probably by William Talman. Moved to its present position c1765. Sandstone ashlar. Roof hidden behind parapets. Square in plan. South front of four fluted Roman Doric columns. Triglyph frieze, moulded cornice and three-bay balustraded parapet, the piers supporting four urns. Externally the side walls are plain and the north wall has broad pilasters with deeply carved drops of drapery and fruit. The interior has to the side walls blind doorways with moulded architraves and panel above, flanked by half domed niches with sunk panels above. The back wall has a large half-domed niche with a doorway cut through the lower part and a sculpture above. Flanked by half-domed niches and sunk panels. Moulded cornice and coved ceiling. The Gardens and Park are included on the Gardens Register at Grade I.
Listing NGR: SK2607270232
