Isle of Wight Ornamental Temple, Ventnor, UK
- Constructed: c.1835 (destroyed Unknown)
Ornamental temple. c.1835, erected by Charles Letts the diarist and owner of South View in honour of William Shakespeare.
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History
English Heritage: “Ornamental temple. c.1835, erected by Charles Letts the diarist and owner of South View in honour of William Shakespeare. Small circular temple of 6 stone fluted Doric columns supporting a wooden entablature set on an artificial mould. Tablet with inscription:-
“He sits alone like a descended God
He hath a kind of honour sets him off
More than a mortal seeming.
Cymbeline. Act 1. Scene 7”.
At the base of the mound is a fountain. Stone, round headed with metal shell-shaped fountain and spout. Most of the metal inscription had rubbed off so as to be illegible at time of survey.
Listing NGR: SZ4909976189
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