The Temple, Approximately 130 Metres North North West of House is a Grade II listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1954. Summer house.

The Temple, Approximately 130 Metres North North West of House

WRENN ID
swift-chapel-dale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ribble Valley
Constituency
Ribble Valley MP: Maya Ellis (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 November 1954
Type
Summer house
OS grid reference
SD 826 498
Coordinates
53.94441, -2.26647
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Temple is a summer house located approximately 130 metres north-northwest of the house at Gisburne Park, likely built in the mid 18th century. It is constructed of limestone rubble with sandstone dressings and originally had a slate roof, which is now mostly missing as of 1983. The building is single storey. The west front faces the River Ribble and features pilaster strips with alternating rusticated blocks and vermiculated impost bands. At the centre, there is a Venetian door framed by Tuscan columns and a concentric super-arch, all set within an open pediment. The rear wall includes a door with plain reveals and a semi-circular head.

Local climate

The Temple, Approximately 130 Metres North North West of House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% 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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