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The Doric Temple, also known as the Doric Pavilion, was part of Humphry Repton’s original landscaping for the park. It was a folly and had no practical purpose. Repton described it as follows:

“In the deep bay or recess (of the copse) I have introduced a simple doric pavilion, which enlivens the great mass of wood and serves to draw off the attention from...the farm house and barn on the summit of the hill”. (Repton’s Red Book.) 

The Temple would have been seen from the house and was one of the important views from there. It gradually fell into disrepair and was eventually demolished around 1906-8 when a tree fell on it.  A photograph shows children, who appear to be in Edwardian dress, playing around what then remained. We have not been able to date this accurately. 

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