Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . mindsome instance of theparts or pedantry, ofthe taste or want oftaste, of the ambitionor love of fame orgreatness, or miscar-riages of those that have inhabited, decorated, planned, and visitedthis place. Pope, Congreve, Vanbrugh, Kent, Gibbs, Lord Cob-ham, Lord Chesterfield, the mob of nephews, the Lyttletons,Grenvilles, Wests, Leonidas Glover, the late Prince of Wales, theKing of Denmark, Princess Amelia, and the proud monuments ofLord Chathams services, now enshrined there, then anathema-tised there, now again commanding there, with t
Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . mindsome instance of theparts or pedantry, ofthe taste or want oftaste, of the ambitionor love of fame orgreatness, or miscar-riages of those that have inhabited, decorated, planned, and visitedthis place. Pope, Congreve, Vanbrugh, Kent, Gibbs, Lord Cob-ham, Lord Chesterfield, the mob of nephews, the Lyttletons,Grenvilles, Wests, Leonidas Glover, the late Prince of Wales, theKing of Denmark, Princess Amelia, and the proud monuments ofLord Chathams services, now enshrined there, then anathema-tised there, now again commanding there, with the Temple ofFriendship, like the Temple of Janus, sometimes open to war andsometimes shut up in factious cabals—all these images crowdupon ones memory and add visionary personages to the charmingscenes that are so enriched with fanes and temples that the realprospects are little less than visions themselves. . Stowerecalls the idolatrous and luxurious vales of Daphne and little north of the house stands the Temple of Concord OXFORD LODGE. 343 344 Stowe and Victory, built in 1762 to celebrate the conclusion of the war,and designed by Kent and Barri after the celebrated MaisonCarree at Nismes. Close by is the Queens Building, andfarther on the Temples of Friendship, British Worthies, one of the most fascinating buildings is the Gothic Temple,which Walpole said he heretically adored. By some unusual inspiration Gibbshad made it pureand venerable ;the style had apropensity to theVenetian orMosque-Gothic,and the greatc 01u m n near(Lord CobhamsPillar) put one inmind of the Placeof St. Mark. Itis a triangular yellowish-red building, picturesquely situated ona height overlooking the lake and the Palladian Bridge. It issurrounded by fine cedars, and from the highest tower (70 feet)can be seen views of three counties. The principal room is cir-cular, and the dome is ornamented with the armorial bearings ofthe Temple family from the Saxon Earls of Leicester down toHeste
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