Inscription 



OF 



THE HOUSE. 



A GREAT flight of 31 steps, adorned with two Lions on 

 the piedestals, taken from those in the Garden Vestibule 

 of the Villa Medici at Rome, leads up to the Portico or 

 Loggia. 



In the semicircles over the Ionic Entablature of the centre 

 building are two medallions representing the four seasons; — 

 there are likewise three other medallions, in the same 

 position, on each pavillion, viz. Venus and Adonis, and two 

 sacrifices; — over the centre of the east pavillion, the Statues 

 of Peace and Plenty; over the west, those of Religion and 

 Liberty ; betwixt the statues, in a pannel at the top of the 

 west pavillion, is the following Latin inscription : 



Richardus Comes Temple F. By Richard Earl Temple. 



AT THE EAST END. 



Anno Salutis, mdcclxxv. In the Year of Grace, 1775. 



