Description

TL 1821 ST PAUL'S WALDEN ST PAUL'S WALDEN BURY

12/200
Wyatt Temple at west end of 1st cross-
axis in gardens at The Bury at Grid Ref
27.5.68 TL 1870 2192 (formerly listed as The
Gardens at St Paul's Walden Bury)
GV
II

Garden temple. 1775 by James Wyatt for John Conyers, originally erected
at Copped Hall, Essex, moved here c.1950. Moulded stone plinth and
steps, wooden order, stuccoed brick rear part, domed moulded plaster
ceiling, lead ribbed dome with finial. An Ionic temple with seat in
circular interior facing E, approached by 3 steps. Rear part a hemicycle
recess in a stuccoed solid rear part. Semi-circular front has fluted
timber columns with enriched base mouldings, angular volutes, and
entablature with dentilled cornice and swelled frieze, breaking outward
at sides over columns. Plaster sauce-dome with radial moulded ribs,
scallops in a wavy outer band, and elaborate acanthus roundel with
central pendant. Radial paving pattern of black and white stone with
large St. John's cross in centre.

Listing NGR: TL1870021920

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26397308

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)