The Southern Temple , abandoned garden house at Copped Hall, Essex a ruined country house close to Epping in Essex, England, parts of which date from the 16th century. It is an imposing structure set in a beautiful parkland, described at one time as ‘the Premier house of Essex’. The estate is landscaped to conform to the English ideas of the 18th century - the taming of nature and the inclusion of uplifting vistas. It was a good example of the ‘18th century house in landscape’. The house was built in the mid 18th century and was abandoned after a fire in 1917.
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