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Monument details

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1767 to 1799

Monument Types

• SUMMERHOUSE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1767 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
List entry Description

Details

The entry was subject to a minor enhancement on 5 July 2017.

TR 05 SE GODMERSHAM GODMERSHAM PARK

4/29 Temple at Temple Hill

27.11.57 II

Summerhouse. Late C18. Wood columns, brick, plaster. Doric portico on 3 steps with 4 columns supproting triglyph frieze with rosettes and rams' head in metopes, ornamented soffites and pediment over. Double panelled door flanked by fluted Doric pilasters and round arched windows. Over the door an inscribed panel: D A.C. S A.Q. F.T. E.A. Q.E.T.C.

Interior: C20 plaster board with 2 niches.

The temple is located within the grounds of Godmersham Park, an estate owned by Edward Austen Knight, brother of Jane Austen. Jane would have visited often. The temple overlooking the house is where Jane Austen is said to have written some of her works (see C.L. Feb. 16. 1945, 291).

Listing NGR: TR0615251016

This listing was enhanced in 2017 to mark the bicentenary of Jane Austen's death. (1)

Summerhouse at Temple Hill built in the late 18th century. Built of brick and plaster with wood columns. Doric portico on three steps with four columns supporting triglyph frieze with rosettes amd rams head in metopes, ornamented soffites with a pediment over (2)

Historic England archive material: BF008913 GODMERSHAM PARK HOUSE, GODMERSHAM

<1> Historic England, National Heritage List for England (Index). SKE29372.

<2> Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England. English Heritage 1987, pt 24, (OS Card Reference). SKE49135.

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