The thunderingly great Temple of Apollo, at West Wycombe Park, Buckinghamshire, was built as a triumphal arch.
Incredible to say, it was also a cockpit. The action took place below the arch, while the cages for the wretched fighting birds were in a room on high.
It was built in 1761, supposedly by architect John Donowell, for Sir Francis Dashwood. No doubt, it was erected to encourage the ever more lustful pleasures and depravities enjoyed by his Brotherhood