The Satyr's Temple, Castle Hill Estate
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The Satyr's Temple, Castle Hill Estate
Image: © Chris Taken: 22 Jul 2020
Gravel walks extend west and north-west following the east bank of the Filleigh Brook in the valley west of the house, leading some 260m north-west to a group of three early C18 structures, the Sybil's Cave, the Satyr's Temple (listed grade II) and the Ugly Bridge (listed grade II) which serves to connect them across a serpentine 'river' and cascade...the Ugly Bridge is similarly rustic in style, while the Satyr's Temple has a Doric pedimented facade originally flanked by a pair of rustic stone blind arches, now partly decayed. This group of structures on the Filleigh Brook formed part of Earl Clinton's early C18 landscape, together with a Chinese Temple (now gone) which stood c 30m north-east on the site of a relocated C18 lead figure of Pan. See https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1000120
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Image Location
Latitude
51.042211
Longitude
-3.898808