Description

SK 34 SW PARISH OF WESTON UNDERWOOD CUMBERHILLS ROAD 3/105 (North Side) Gothic Temple, 13.2. Kedleston Park II* Folly, now house. c1758-9. Probably by Robert Adam. Red brick faced in sandstone ashlar. Roof hidden behind parapets. Single storey. Gothic style with Dec detail. West elevation of three bays, divided by triple shafted columns with shaft rings and stiff leaf capitals. Each bay has a 3-light pointed window with surprisingly correct reticulated tracery and crocketed ogee hoodmould. Over each window is a trefoiled super arch with upright leaf responds. Blank shields in spandrels and below the sills. Moulded cornice and parapet above with blind triangular headed motifs. The centre bay has a second tall parapet with a blind cross arrow slit, flanked by pierced quatrefoils. Lozenge frieze above. Four crocketed pinnacles. Narrow north and south elevations with) similar parapets and centre bay, flanked by narrow blind bays. Lower block to west. The interior has stucco work by Vassali.

Source: See drawing amongst the Adam Collection at the Soane Museum.

Listing NGR: SK3187741789

External Links

• Wikidata Q17545109

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)