Rievaulx Terrace
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Rievaulx Terrace | |
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National Trust | |
Website | www.nationaltrust.org.uk/rievaulx-terrace |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Official name | Rievaulx Terrace |
Designated | 10 May 1984 |
Reference no. | 1001072 |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Official name | Doric Temple |
Designated | 4 January 1955 |
Reference no. | 1149251 |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Official name | Ionic Temple |
Designated | 4 January 1955 |
Reference no. | 1315950 |
Rievaulx Terrace is a site located in the
History
The Terrace is on land that was, until the
The site was created in 1758 by Thomas Duncombe III who had inherited it from his father along with the adjoining Helmsley estate (now Duncombe Park) some ten years previously. His desire was to complement, and perhaps even surpass, the more formal terrace and temples laid out in about 1730 by his father at Duncombe Park house a mile away. It is thought that he may have planned to join the two terraces by a scenic drive along the River Rye.
Two temples are on the site. At the south-east end of the terrace is the domed Doric or Tuscan Temple, thought to be a scaled-down version of the mausoleum at Castle Howard a few miles away. The pavement floor came from the choir of Rievaulx Abbey.
At the opposite end stands the Ionic Temple, inspired by the
Duncombe's descendant, the third and last Earl of Feversham, died in 1963.[1] In 1972 the site and the adjoining woods were purchased by the National Trust.
Gallery
References
- ^ a b c Historic England. "Rievaulx Terrace (Grade I) (1001072)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
External links
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