List of garden structures at West Wycombe Park

West Wycombe Park
West Wycombe Park
West Wycombe Park is a country house near the village of West Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England, built between 1740 and 1800. It was conceived as a pleasure palace for the 18th century libertine and dilettante Sir Francis Dashwood, 2nd Baronet. The house is a long rectangle with four façades that...

contains a number garden temple

Temple

A temple is a structure reserved for religious or spiritual activities, such as prayer and sacrifice, or analogous rites. A templum constituted a sacred precinct as defined by a priest, or augur. It has the same root as the word "template," a plan in preparation of the building that was marked out...

s, pavilion

Pavilion (structure)

In architecture a pavilion has two main meanings.-Free-standing structure:Pavilion may refer to a free-standing structure sited a short distance from a main residence, whose architecture makes it an object of pleasure. Large or small, there is usually a connection with relaxation and pleasure in...

s and follies

Folly

In architecture, a folly is a building constructed primarily for decoration, but either suggesting by its appearance some other purpose, or merely so extravagant that it transcends the normal range of garden ornaments or other class of building to which it belongs...

; many of these are listed for their architectural or historical significance:

Boathouse
Britannia Pillar
Cascade (Grade II)
Gothic Alcove
Kittys Lodge
North Lodge (Grade II*)
Park Farm (private residence)
Round Lodge
Round Temple
Sawmill House (private residence)
Small Temple (Grade II*)
'St Crispins' (chapel)
Temple of Apollo (Grade II*)
Temple of Bacchus (Grade II*)
Temple of Daphne (Grade II*)
Temple of Diana
Temple of Flora (Grade II*)
Temple of Music (Grade II*)
Temple of Venus
Temple of the Winds (Grade II*)
Venus's Parlour

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