This series of six caches is linked to the theme of the changing landscapes of Shugborough Estate and the impact people have had on it. From one man's designed paradise to an estate encroached upon by transport links to a place of wildlife, conservation and NT scones, the estate has been changed and developed a great deal throughout the past 300 years.
The Doric Temple once served as a grand entrance to the eighteenth century walled kitchen garden (situated around the rose garden which currently sits behind the temple) which was demolished in 1805. The Temple is almost certainly a James ‘Athenian’ Stuart design commissioned around the same time as Hadrian’s Arch and the Tower of the Winds.