3792 x 2528 px | 32,1 x 21,4 cm | 12,6 x 8,4 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
27 giugno 2014
Ubicazione:
Audley End Park, Littlebury, Essex, England
Altre informazioni:
Grade II* listed Temple of Victory is an ionic temple and folly situated in the grounds of Audley End House built to the designs of Robert Adam in 1771. It replaced a hunting tower and was built to commemorate the Seven Years War 1756 -1763 and in which then owner, Sir John Griffin Griffin, served as an aide to King George II. It was used to entertain guests and was furnished with five settees and a table which were also designed by Adam. Six plaster roundels portraying Virtues related to the theme of victory are set into the ceiling. It is circular in plan, a diameter of 11 metres with a central, enclosed chamber 7 metres tall. The building is stuccoed with a leaded domed roof and surrounded by a lower portico of twelve Ionic columns.
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