The Tower of the Winds
Based on the Horologium of Andronikos in Athens and designed by James Stuart, the Tower of the Winds was completed in around 1765. It was originally surrounded by water and accessed by two small bridges, but this was lost when the park was badly damaged by the great flood in 1795.
The basement of the Tower was converted by Samuel Wyatt into a show dairy around 1803, whilst the ground and first floors are much more ornate. It is rumoured that the 1st Earl of Lichfield used the first floor of the Temple as a gambling den.
The Tower may look a little uncared for, with peeling and patchy paint. This is due to the wrong cement and paint being used for previous repairs. We have carried out paint analysis on the building to establish the original paint treatment so we can restore it in the future.