Nuthall Temple

Nuthall Temple[5] does not follow the imitation of Villa Capra "La Rotonda" as closely as its earlier prototypes, although the homage to Palladio's concepts is strongly pronounced.

In fact, the house bears a closer resemblance to Rocca Pisana (1578) by Palladio's follower Vincenzo Scamozzi.

Internally the redesign of the music room in a neo-Classical style illustrated how much taste had changed within a short period of time.

[12] In the early nineteenth century Nuthall was the home of a junior branch of the Holden family and although briefly let between 1844 and 1853 was well maintained including various improvements to both the interior and exterior of the property.

[13] On 31 July 1929 the west wing was loaded with firelighters, sprinkled with paraffin and set alight to the delight of a large expectant crowd.

[14] The ruined shell of Nuthall remained, once all of saleable value including much of the building material had been claimed, until 1966 when this too was finally pulled down in order to make way for the extension of the M1 motorway.