Award winning conservation work... Project overview Stowe Landscape Garden is being carefully restored back to its 18th century glory by the National Trust. Many of the lost temples and monuments will be reinstated including the Gothic Cross which has recently been rebuilt by Cliveden Conservation. The Gothic Cross was proving to be one of the more puzzling structures due to lack of historical evidence and structural remains. The three-tiered monument had been destroyed by a falling tree in the mid-20th century. Apart from fragments of the cross later discovered in undergrowth in the 1970s, a date on the base panel showing the piece was made in 1811 and a few illustrations, little else existed. Specialist conservation skills were needed to rebuild the Gothic Cross using Coade Stone, a rare

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