Temple of Harmony

Temple of Harmony

Infobox Historic building


caption=
name=Temple of Harmony
location_town=Goathurst
location_country=England
architect=Thomas Prowse
client=Sir Charles Kemeys-Tynte
engineer=
construction_start_date=1767
completion_date=
date_demolished=
cost=
structural_system=
style=
map_type=Somerset
latitude= 51.098566
longitude= -3.069028The Temple of Harmony is an 18th-century folly in the grounds of Halswell House, Goathurst, Somerset, England.

It is a 1767 replica of the 1st-century Temple of Fortuna Virilis in Rome. [cite web | title=The Temple of Harmony, Goathurst | work=Somerset Buildings Preservation Trust | url=http://www.sbpt.info/restoration3.htm | accessdate=2006-11-05] It was built for Sir Charles Kemeys-Tynte in 1767 to designs by Thomas Prowse, with features by Robert Adam and Thomas Stocking. The Temple was dedicated to the memory of a mutual friend, Peregrine Palmer, formerly MP for Oxford University (d 1762). [cite web | title=Landscape park, Halswell House, Goathurst | work=Somerset Historic Environment Record | url=http://webapp1.somerset.gov.uk/her/details.asp?prn=10188 | accessdate=2006-11-05]

It has a slate roof and pedimental end gables, and is surrounded with Ionic columns. The Temple stands in Mill Wood, a 17-acre (7 ha) pleasure garden in the grounds of Halswell House.

The Somerset Buildings Preservation Trust (SBPT) acquired the Temple in 1993 in a derelict condition, having been used for many years as a cattle shelter. It has now been restored, with grants from English Heritage and others, and is a grade II* listed building. [cite web | title=Temple | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?pid=2&id=269306 | accessdate=2006-11-04] Its dimensions at its base are approximately 21 feet by 37 feet (6.4 m by 11.3 m), and it now has the addition of a long retaining bolt that runs through the structure from one side to the other, helping to keep it together.

John Walsh's marble statue in the temple depicting Terpsichore, the Muse of joy in the dance and lyric poetry, was dedicated to the memory of Thomas Prowse after his death in 1767. This was copied in 1999 and the copy is now located here. The original is in Somerset County Museum, Taunton. [cite web | title=Landscape park, Halswell House, Goathurst | work=Somerset Historic Environment Record | url=http://webapp1.somerset.gov.uk/her/details.asp?prn=10188 | accessdate=2006-11-05]

It is owned and managed by the Halswell Park Trust and is occasionally opened to the public.

References

External links

* [http://www.sbpt.info/restoration3.htm The Temple of Harmony from the Somerset Buildings Preservation Trust]
* [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/follies/harmony.html Temple of Harmony at Follies and Monuments]
* [http://www.halswell.co.uk/ Halswell]


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