Temple with Statue of Diana on South Side of Chowley Drive, at Bolesworth Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 January 1984. Temple.

Temple with Statue of Diana on South Side of Chowley Drive, at Bolesworth Castle

WRENN ID
idle-jamb-saffron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 January 1984
Type
Temple
Address
Temple with Statue of Diana on South Side of Chowley Drive, at Bolesworth Castle, Bolesworth Lane, Broxton
OS grid reference
SJ 494 558
Coordinates
53.0978, -2.75665
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The temple with a statue of Diana is located on the south side of Chowley Drive at Bolesworth Castle. It was built between 1920 and 1923 by Clough Williams Ellis. The structure is made of sandstone and features a copper dome. It has an octagonal shape, and its design is inspired by the Tower of the Winds in Athens. Inside the temple, there is a statue of Diana accompanied by a hound, which is similar to a statue found in a niche in the hall of Bolesworth Castle.

Local climate

Temple with Statue of Diana on South Side of Chowley Drive, at Bolesworth Castle receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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