Open House London 21 September 2019 Mount Clare Temple Minstead Gardens SW15
Open House London 21 September 2019 Mount Clare Temple Minstead Gardens SW15Open 10.00-1pmRare opportunity to see close up and inside!When it was built circa 1762-69 in Greek Doric style, this little Temple was the height of fashion, modelled on an illustration from 'The Antiquities of Athens' published in 1762 by the influential British architects James ‘Athenian’ Stuart and Nicholas Revett.Described variously as the Temple of Fortune, the Temple of Hanover, and the Temple of Honour and Virtue, it was one of three built in the grounds of the 2nd Earl of Bessborough's villa Parkstead House (now Whitelands College) from where it was relocated to the grounds of Mount Clare in 1913.The Putney Society with the University of Roehampton is opening up the Temple as part of Open House London weekend 2019, the annual festival of the capital’s architecture giving free public access to more than 800 buildings, walks, talks and tours. See the whole programme at https://openhouselondon.open-city.org.uk/listings
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