Temple Approximately 350 Metres West of Raby Castle is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. Folly.
Temple Approximately 350 Metres West of Raby Castle
- WRENN ID
- worn-timber-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Folly
- OS grid reference
- NZ 125 217
- Coordinates
- 54.59086, -1.80777
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The temple, located approximately 350 metres west of Raby Castle, is a folly built in the third quarter of the 18th century, possibly designed by D. Garrett. It is constructed from sandstone ashlar and features a Gothick style. The building is one storey high and consists of one wide bay. The projecting center has steps leading up to a Venetian opening, flanked by quatrefoil columns with acanthus capitals and pilasters. These support a cinquefoil-cusped two-centred arch and an impost string. The string course extends over long side-shaped panels, with quatrefoil panels positioned above it. A parapet band with five banded blocks is present, and the string course continues along the returns. At the time of the survey, some structural damage was noted.
Local climate
Temple Approximately 350 Metres West of Raby Castle receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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