 At some point in 1755 he decided to build a summer @-@ house by the riverside which he intended to dedicate to his muse Shakespeare as a " temple " to the playwright . The temple 's architect is unknown as his decision to build it is not recorded in his own papers . Robert Adam and Lancelot " Capability " Brown have both been suggested as possibilities . An " Ionic Temple " of similar design stands in the gardens of Chiswick House a few miles away . This may well have been the inspiration for Garrick 's Temple , as Garrick had spent his honeymoon at Chiswick House a few years earlier in the company of his wife 's guardians the <unk> . 
