Pride and Prejudice temple to be restored by National Trust
A temple featured in the film Pride and Prejudice starring Keira Knightley is being restored to its 18th century glory as part of a £290,000 National Trust project.
Work will being next week on The Temple of Apollo, at Stourhead, Wiltshire, which dates from 1765.
The National Trust has spent months gathering historic paintings, family records, accounts, letters and visitors' diaries to find out how the monument would have originally appeared.
"The original roof has gone through several manifestations since it was built," said Emily Blanshard, project manager.
"Photographs from the 1890s show it in its sorriest state with its windows broken, a flat roof or no roof at all. It stayed exposed to the elements until the 1950s when the National Trust was able to finally re-roof the temple.
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Work will being next week on The Temple of Apollo, at Stourhead, Wiltshire, which dates from 1765.
The National Trust has spent months gathering historic paintings, family records, accounts, letters and visitors' diaries to find out how the monument would have originally appeared.
"The original roof has gone through several manifestations since it was built," said Emily Blanshard, project manager.
"Photographs from the 1890s show it in its sorriest state with its windows broken, a flat roof or no roof at all. It stayed exposed to the elements until the 1950s when the National Trust was able to finally re-roof the temple.