Talk:Mussenden Temple

National Trust template
The National Trust template has been removed as it is appropriate on the pages for the various Trusts that it mentions, but not on the pages of separate properties. In addition, the template appeared only on the pages of a few properties. Grstain | Talk 21:53, 13 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Isn't part of the reason that the template only appears on the pages of a few properties because a couple of editors have been removing them..? I don't understand your reason(s) for removing the template from NT property articles to be honest, and you'll have to convince me to not re-add the template to this and other articles. I had assumed that one of the reasons for creating the template was to include it on the relevant pages: ie those articles about National Trust properties. --Mal 14:21, 10 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Agreed - it belongs to the National Trust, so why not highlight this with the template? Blowmonkey 12:59, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

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Bishop's Quote
The Bishop is quoted as saying, "It will give employment to the poor, to the district and employment." It will give employment to. . . employment? This makes no sense. No source is given for the quote, but it is most likely in error. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:4070:6240:A438:F063:77C:395F (talk) 16:47, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

From the National Trust article on this building
This paints a whole new picture of the building National trust

Some say the Earl Bishop and Frideswide were far too close - when the Bishop disagreed with his long-suffering wife, he often went to stay with his 'cher cousin'. Without actually naming them, the Freeman’s Journal suggested that the relationship between the Earl Bishop and his niece was not altogether proper and - although this was later denied in print - the mud stuck. Frideswide married a wealthy and elderly London banker named Daniel Mussenden and, as a gift to her, the Earl Bishop built the splendid library called the Mussenden Temple. This was to house part of his celebrated Library and was supposed to be a place to which Frideswide, when she visited, could retire. The temple was finished in 1783 but it's said that the mortification of the scandal affected Frideswide health, which had always been delicate. Although there is no proof, it may have contributed to her early death. The Temple, which was to have been her refuge, became her memorial when she died in 1785.
 * No smoke without fire?
 * Frideswide's early demise