Garden buildings at Stowe, Buckinghamshire: views of the Temple of British Worthies, a gateway, the Cold Bath and the Grotto

SOURCE: Benton Seeley. Stowe: a description of the magnificent house and gardens (London, 1769), pl. VI NOTES: The Temple of British Worthies was designed by William Kent and was completed in around 1735. Each niche houses a portrait bust Rysbrack and Scheemakers of a British monarch, philosopher, explorer, scientist, architect or writer. The Grotto was probably also designed Kent in the 1730s. The gateway illustrated in this plate was designed by Giacomo Leoni around the same time. The Cold Bath was designed by Sir John Vanbrugh in around 1723.