{"id":2292,"date":"2007-04-16T21:25:15","date_gmt":"2007-04-16T21:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/?p=2292"},"modified":"2023-08-26T12:40:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T12:40:29","slug":"leixlip-castle-garden-temple-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/2007\/04\/leixlip-castle-garden-temple-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Leixlip Castle Garden Temple Seat"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Garden Temple was built around 1920. It was made from salvaged pieces.
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\u201cAlmost opposite the greenhouse, across the lawn, stand the most recent arrival. This is a stone tetrastyle portico, which has been salvaged from a demolished house and reconstructed to provide a small temple seat. The shallow pediment is supported on four Ionic columns, which stand on a raised plinth, reached by a short flight of steps. Underneath the portico is a marble statue of a winged Cupid and a nymph, on either side of which seats are placed.\u201d
\nThe Follies and Garden Buildings of Ireland by James Howley<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Leixlip<\/a>

Leixlip Castle Garden Temple Seat<\/p><\/div>\n

Portico is an Italian borrow word for a porch with a roof. Tetrastyle means it is supported by four columns. A plinth is a heavy base.<\/p>\n

\"Leixlip<\/a>

Leixlip Castle Garden Temple Seat<\/p><\/div>\n

When my book described; “on either side of which seats are placed,\u201d I was not thinking lawn chairs.<\/p>\n

\"Leixlip<\/a>

Leixlip Castle Garden Temple Seat<\/p><\/div>\n

“Freestanding cut-limestone garden temple, c.1920, comprising prostyle tetrastyle Ionic portico approached by flight of four cut-stone steps having frieze and pediment over sheltering statuary. Set back from road in grounds shared with Leixlip Castle.<\/p>\n

“This temple, built as a garden folly, is a fine, picturesque structure that has been very well-maintained to present an original aspect – the folly is evidence of the continued embellishment of Leixlip Demesne in to the early twentieth century. The use of a sophisticated Classical-style portico is an attractive foil to the medieval quality of the remainder of the architectural stock in the grounds of Leixlip Castle. The construction in cut-stone is a fine example of the high quality of stone masonry traditionally practised in the locality and this is especially evident in the carved detailing, particularly to the capitals, that has retained a crisp intricacy. The statuary within is of some artistic merit.”<\/p>\n

The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage of Ireland<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Next: Leixlip Castle Outbuildings ><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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