Description

Late 18th century. Ornamental cottage, square plan 2-storey mock Gothic tower now roofless. Squared rubble walling with granite quoins, band courses over floors, angle buttresses to ground floor.

Pointed arch openings, tripartite doorway with flanking lancet sidelights, Y-tracery over door. Bipartite window over door. External flight of steps to 1st floor chamber. Both ground and 1st floor chambers have plain chimneypieces. Band course over 1st, embattled parapet.

Statement of Interest

Part of Cally Estate B group. The temple forms part of the Cally Estate designed landscape. It is marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map as The Temple. These type of ornamental structures are associated with the Romantic movement of the late 18th/early 19th century and the Gothic style was particularly popular. They added intrigue and interest to the landscape.

Owned by Forestry Commission Scotland.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17801955

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Recommended Books

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)