Ionic Temple at West End of South Terrace is a Grade II* listed building in the Rotherham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 August 1985. A Georgian Temple.

Ionic Temple at West End of South Terrace

WRENN ID
rooted-moat-yew
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Rotherham
Constituency
Rawmarsh and Conisbrough MP: John Healey (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 August 1985
Type
Temple
Period
Georgian
Address
Ionic Temple at West End of South Terrace, Wentworth
OS grid reference
SK 391 975
Coordinates
53.47329, -1.41204
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Ionic Temple at the west end of the south terrace is an ornamental temple, possibly dating back to as early as 1735. It was designed by Henry Flitcroft for Thomas Watson Wentworth. The temple is constructed from ashlar sandstone and features a peristyle rotunda with a three-step plinth supporting an Ionic colonnade and a full entablature. The lower courses are stepped, leading up to a saucer dome.

Inside, there is a square sandstone plinth that supports a weathered marble statue of Hercules, depicted in a lion-skin cape and clubbing a mythical beast. An engraving of the temple can be found in the York Minster Library, specifically in the Topographical Prints collection related to Wentworth.

Local climate

Ionic Temple at West End of South Terrace receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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