 In 1846 a local committee meeting declared that the gardens be renamed "The Jephson Gardens" in honour of Dr Henry Jephson who had helped to promote the healing properties of the town's spa waters and built houses for the town's poor residents.A Corinthian-style temple was added to the gardens in 1849 and inside it a large marble statue of the doctor by the Birmingham sculptor Peter Hollins.Most of this early work was undertaken by poor labourers, given employment by another of the town's early philanthropists, Dr Hitchman.