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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 66 NE 162 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | THE TEMPLE, COBHAM HALL |
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Summary
Grade II listed building. Probably built in the mid 1760s and moved from Ingress Abbey to this site in 1820-1.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6855 6896 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ66NE |
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| Parish: | COBHAM, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SITE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1765 AD? to 2050 AD)
| Protected Status: | Listed Building (II) 1095054: THE TEMPLE, COBHAM HALL |
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Full description
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 66 NE COBHAM 5/35
The Temple, Cobham Hall
II
C18 by William Chambers. Moved from Ingress Abbey. Ionic tetra-style in antis. Brick sides and slate roof Tablet with Latin inscription: Horace Odes 1 XIII.
Listing NGR: TQ6797468916
(1)
The temple was designed by Sir William Chambers for John Calcraft and originally stood at Ingress Abbey. It was probably built in the mid-1760s. The circumstances of its removal are not know but records survive of stonemasons working to move it in 1820-1. At Ingress Abbey it housed Calcraft's collection of Roman altars. At Cobham it housed a statue of Cupid by Antonio Canova. The statue was probably sold sometime before 1957. (2)
<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<2> English Heritage, 2002, Historical Account, Cobham Hall Estate, Part 2: The Gardens and Inner Grounds (Unpublished document). SKE17515.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2002. Historical Account, Cobham Hall Estate, Part 2: The Gardens and Inner Grounds. |
