BOOKS
- Farnham Inheritance 1956 Establishes the importance and relationship of the houses of Farnham town in Surrey, and accounts for their existence, their form and appearance. Studies the evolution of the town during years 1600 – 1900, when most was built, with over 40 illustrations and an extensive biography Farnham Building and People 1963 Records the use of each building and it’s association with people, past and present. 32 pages of illustrations, maps, plans, unpublished 18th and 19th century sources, historical and new photgraphs, maps, drawings, factual descriptions, authors opinions and notes. Provides a systematic indexing of historical and other records gathered by Temple during 5 years of intense research
Seen and Not Heard: A Garland of Fancies for Victorian Children with Judith Temple 1970 Designed as a gift book, a collection of Victorian children’s stories
John Nash and the Village Picturesque 1979 Focuses on the work of 3 landscape designers Humphry Repton, George Repton and John Nash. Their talents met at Blaise Castle Estate near Bristol. The picture-perfect group of 9 small cottages around a small fairy-tale village green was built around 1811 for the retired servants of Blaise Castle Estate. The hamlet today, owned by the National Trust and open to the public, is a perfect example of the Picturesque architectural style, an aesthetic ideal introduced into England in the 1780’s
George Repton’s Pavilion Notebook: a catalogue raisonné 1993. For every client Repton would keep a record in a red leather bound book detailing proposals for changes, maps, plans, drawings, watercolours and before and after sketches. These became known as his famous Red Books some of which survive. One of George Repton’s notebooks belongs to the Royal Institute of British Architects and is well-known; the other – the one described here – belongs to the Royal Pavilion Art Gallery and Museum, Brighton. It covers the period 1805 to 1818 has 112 used pages and represents 50 subjects. Temple’s book gives a highly detailed and fully documented account of the Notebook drawings. Contains much new information and many new attributions resulting from original archival research and fieldwork conducted over 20 years. Includes 162 supporting architectural illustrations to the text and an appendix which transcribes every word contained in the notebook. A delight for the quality, variety and interest of architectural drawings and factual information it contains. Drawings include British country houses, garden structures, farm buildings, cottages, lodges, a brew house, dairy and icehouse. Copies are held at held at the British Architectural Library, Victoria and Albert Museum, RIBA Library, London; National Art Library, London NAL; National Library of Scotland NLS; The British Library, St. Pancras London; University Libraries of UCL University College London, Bristol, Cambridge, Leeds, Oxford and York- Blaise Hamlet Henbury, near Bristol 1978 and later revisions. National Trust National Trust leaflet
- Plant Heritage Guide Book 2002 with Hampton Court and Garden History Society
JOURNALS
Articles for scholarly journals such as Journal of Garden History, The Follies Journal International: for follies, grottos and garden buildings, Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, Architectural Review and The Picturesque Articles in Newsletters for groups including Folly Fellowship, Garden History Society, Garden’s Trusts, Georgian Group, Natural History and Archaeological Society; reports for British Council and English Heritage Guide books: National Trust Guide and various visitor guides to Cheltenham and the Cotswolds
MAGAZINES
Many articles for Country Life, Vogue Germany, World of Interiors and House and Garden. For example ‘Matching Old and New in Cheltenham’, Country Life 30 Nov 1967 and ‘‘Restoration not Redevelopment’, Country Life 4 Feb 1971
FILM
Looking at Things 1968 film produced in associatinon with Visual Publications. 320 photographs each with text.A pioneering and popular resource for art and design students and anyone interesting in careful observation of the design of man-made elements that surround us: different materials, design, townscapes, buildings, furniture, gardens
Der Deutsch Kinderbuch 1987 German television documentary film featuring Temple and his unique collection of early German children’s books.
