Survey Data
Reg No
41402502
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Previous Name
Blayney Castle originally Castle Blayney
Original Use
Garden temple
Date
1840 - 1860
Coordinates
284577, 318840
Date Recorded
01/05/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Ruinous remains of garden folly, built c. 1850, as part of the Hope Castle Estate. Temple form with portico to front (north-west) having fluted Ionic columns, and moulded cornice. Located on elevated site overlooking Muckno Lake.
Appraisal
The remains of a folly, known as "The Temple", which is one of a number of structures set in Concra Woods associated with the Hope Castle Estate. It is on an axis with the country house and on a similarly elevated site, designed to be admired from the house. It was a substantial garden structure with a chimneystack and round-headed windows between engaged columns to the long elevations. Steps from the portico lead to the lake shore. It is now roofless and overgrown, set within the grounds of a golf course, but forms a physical reminder of the picturesque demesne planning of the nineteenth century.