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The Cascade and Temple of Music


This etching was one of the first pictures known of the park as it was when completed.

The Cascade originally had a statue of nude figure on the waterfall, however as with so many of the follies, it was destroyed in early Victorian times. It's destruction was due it being considered 'too vulgar'. As a consequence of it's removal, Sir Francis Dashwood (11th Baronet) rebuilt the cascade to it's current form (see below).

Notice that the Music temple is not present in the above etching (it would be in place of the tent on the main island) but is present now as a centrepiece to the main gardens.

The yellow building is the Music Temple, which sits on the largest island in the lake

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