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Latitude: 51.4803 / 51°28'48"N
Longitude: -0.29 / 0°17'24"W
OS Eastings: 518842
OS Northings: 177088
OS Grid: TQ188770
Mapcode National: GBR 7Z.HJV
Mapcode Global: VHGR2.X2K1
Plus Code: 9C3XFPJ5+4X
Entry Name: Temple of Aeolus
Listing Date: 10 January 1950
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1262669
English Heritage Legacy ID: 434357
ID on this website: 101262669
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond upon Thames, London, TW9
County: London
District: Richmond upon Thames
Electoral Ward/Division: Kew
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Richmond upon Thames
Traditional County: Surrey
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: Kew St Anne
Church of England Diocese: Southwark
Tagged with: Folly
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ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS
Temple of Aeolus
10.1.50
II
1763. Sir William Chambers. The existing temple is a replacement in 1845 by Decimus Burton of "the decaying temple of Aeolus ... by a very chaste structure of similar kind, in stone, from the original design of Sir William Chambers. (History of the Kings Works Vol VI, p.441.)
A domed rotunda with eight Tuscan columns.
Listing NGR: TQ1884277088
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