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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 05 SE 211 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | GARDEN TEMPLE |
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Summary
Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1700 to 1935
| Grid Reference: | TR 6061 1507 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR61NW |
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| Parish: | GODMERSHAM, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TR 05 SE GODMERSHAM GODMERSHAM PARK
4/32 Garden Temple
II
Garden temple. C18, erected 1935. Marble plinth, wood and plaster columns, brick and stucco.Slate roof. Ionic portico of 4 columns supporting frieze with rosettes and central swag, with pediment over. An inner frieze on 2 pilasters with central carved medallion of mourning female figure and urn. Interior: polygonal room with 2 niches. The portico was originally the south entrance to the mansion house, removed here in 1935. (See C.L. Feb. 16 1945, 291 and B.O.E. Kent II, 333).
Listing NGR: TR0644950910 (1)
Garden temple at Godmersham Park built in the 18th century and erected in 1935. Built of brick and stucco with a marble plinth, wood and plaster columns and a slate roof. Ionic portico of four columns supporting a frieze with rosettes and a central swag (2)
Historic England archive material: BF008913 GODMERSHAM PARK HOUSE, GODMERSHAM
<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<2> Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England. English Heritage 1987, pt 24, (OS Card Reference). SKE49135.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | <1>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #20883 Listed building, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England. English Heritage 1987, pt 24,. |
