The Temple of Apollo Stourton with Gasper, England
Listed Building Data
The Temple of Apollo 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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
- 1131100
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- I
- Date Listed
- 6 January 1966
- Name
- THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO
- Location
- THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO
- Parish
- Stourton with Gasper
- District
- Wiltshire
- Grid Reference
- ST 77385 33831
- Easting
- 377385.1400
- Northing
- 133830.9300
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
STOURTON WITH GASPER STOURHEAD GARDENS ST 73 SE (east side) 6/145 The Temple of Apollo (formerly listed as The Sun Temple) 6.1.66 GV I Temple. 1765 by Henry Flitcroft for Henry Hoare, design taken from a temple in Wood's Ruins of Baalbec, published 1757. Limestone ashlar. Circular, plinth with 8 steps on side overlooking lake, twelve Corinthian columns carry a scalloped entablature, each bay contains a semi-circular niche and oculus, formerly with lead statues which were moved to Stourhead House (q.v.) in 1903-04. Double doors with 6 fielded panels, moulded tympanum with keystones, on north side, flanking niches contain replica statues dating from 1907-08. Drum with lunettes and cornice to dome, 1950s replacement of a shallower original. Interior has painted brick walls, small stone fireplace, originally contained a large cast of Apollo, lit from above. Flitcroft was probably influenced by William Chambers' Temple of the Sun at Kew, 1761, a close copy of the Baalbec temple. (K. Woodbridge, The Stourhead Landscape, 1982)
Listing NGR: ST7738433831
