| Catalogue Finding Number | WYHER/8598 |
| Office record is held at | Historical Environment Record, West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service |
| Held Outside WYAS | THE RECORD DESCRIBED IS HELD AND ADMINISTERED BY THE WEST YORKSHIRE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT RECORD PLEASE CONTACT THEM ON 0113 535 0157 IF YOU WISH TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO VIEW THIS RECORD |
| Title | Gothic Temple approx. 370m south of Bramham Park house |
| Description | This is an 18th century summer house and water tower that was built of magnesian limestone ashlar. It is Gothic in style, octagonal in plan, and apparently of two storeys (English Heritage, 1952). It has buttresses at the angles, two centred arched doorways in the east and west sides, and two centred arched sashed windows in the sides flanking these (but not in the north and south sides). All of these openings are with glazing bars. At the upper level there are circular windows with radial glazing bars, which are in spherical triangles and have a string course above, with a prominent moulded cornice and ogee shaped ‘battlements’ pierced with trefoils.
The interior has Gothic panels formed by slender shafts with foliated decoration. In the north and south facing sides, there are tall arched mirrors in place of the windows with glazing bars like the windows. A cistern in the roof served the house as a water tower before the advent of the mains system. |
| Date | 21st century |
| Extent | contact the West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service for information on what is available |
| Level | Item |