Ionic Temple Rievaulx, England

Listed Building Data

Ionic Temple 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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
1315950
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
I
Date Listed
4 January 1955
Name
IONIC TEMPLE
Location
IONIC TEMPLE
Parish
Rievaulx
District
Ryedale
County
North Yorkshire
Grid Reference
SE 57931 85072
Easting
457931.0760
Northing
485071.8050

Listed Building Description

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SE 58 NE RIEVAULX RIEVAULX TERRACE

3/120 Ionic Temple 4.1.55 GV I

Temple. 1758. Probably by Sir Thomas Robinson. Limestone ashlar, lead roof, stone stack. Rectangular with tetrastyle portico. Podium with flight of 12 steps to entrance in Ionic portico with dentilled pediment. 6-panel door in cyma recta moulded doorcase. Ridge stack to rear. Interior: panelled room. White marble fireplace with caryatids and open-scrolled pediment above. Coved painted ceiling by Giuseppe Mattia Borgnis (1701-1761). Pevsner, Yorkshire: The North Riding, 1966; Hussey, 'Duncombe Park, Yorkshire - II', Country Life, December 12, 1957.

Listing NGR: SE5793185076