Chinese Temple Amesbury, England
Listed Building Data
Chinese Temple has been designated a Grade II* 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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
- 1131080
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II*
- Date Listed
- 10 January 1953
- Name
- CHINESE TEMPLE
- Location
- CHINESE TEMPLE
- Parish
- Amesbury
- District
- Wiltshire
- Grid Reference
- SU 14782 41797
- Easting
- 414782.0660
- Northing
- 141797.2320
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
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
