Circa 2000, limited edition number 39/50, the architectural model raised on a round terrace with brass gallery plaque, after the original design by the English architect Sir John Vanbrugh (1664-1726) and commissioned by the 3rd Earl of Carlisle, Charles Howard located in North Yorkshire, England, labeled to underside.

15 1/2 x 19 1/2 x 19 1/2 in.

From the Estate of the late International Interior Designer Terry Parsons, Pittsboro, North Carolina

Completed sometime between 1728-1736, the Temple of the Four Winds at Castle Howard was used as a place for refreshment and reading, beneath it is a cellar where servants prepared the food they served to the family above. Castle Howard is familiar to television and film audiences as the fictional Brideshead, based on Evelyn Waugh's iconic novel Brideshead Revisted.

Some scattered surface dust to crevices; uppermost finial spire with crack and some associated looseness, nick to corner near spire. Otherwise good estate condition.