Stowe Gardens - Gothic Temple
The Gothic Temple, initially called the Temple of Liberty and perhaps begun as a temple to Apollo, is a very early example of Gothic Revival architecture as it dates from 1741 based on a design by James Gibbs. Horace Walpole remarked of it, "in the heretical corner of my heart I adore the Gothic Building, which, by some unusual inspiration, Gibbs has made pure and beautiful and venerable." The building is triangular with a turret on each point, the tallest being the one on the east side and Bevington suggests that its design "may have been inspired by the Triangular Lodge at Rushton and the interior of the Temple Church in London, both of which provide links to Lord Cobham's supposed ancestors."
See also www.landmarktrust.org.uk for staying in the Gothic Temple!
Stowe Gardens - Gothic Temple
The Gothic Temple, initially called the Temple of Liberty and perhaps begun as a temple to Apollo, is a very early example of Gothic Revival architecture as it dates from 1741 based on a design by James Gibbs. Horace Walpole remarked of it, "in the heretical corner of my heart I adore the Gothic Building, which, by some unusual inspiration, Gibbs has made pure and beautiful and venerable." The building is triangular with a turret on each point, the tallest being the one on the east side and Bevington suggests that its design "may have been inspired by the Triangular Lodge at Rushton and the interior of the Temple Church in London, both of which provide links to Lord Cobham's supposed ancestors."
See also www.landmarktrust.org.uk for staying in the Gothic Temple!