The Temple in Crow Nest Park, 200 Yards South of Crow Nest House is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1985. Summer house, temple.

The Temple in Crow Nest Park, 200 Yards South of Crow Nest House

WRENN ID
inner-glass-frost
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Dewsbury and Batley MP: Iqbal Mohamed (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 July 1985
Type
Summer house, temple
OS grid reference
SE 233 212
Coordinates
53.68729, -1.64808
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Temple in Crow Nest Park, located 200 yards south of Crow Nest House, is a summer house or temple built in the mid to late 18th century. It is constructed of ashlar stone and features a single square cell with a basement. Each face of the building has a round arched recess, which includes a blocked window on a continuous sill band, and one doorway. These elements are adorned with chambranles, a pulvinated frieze, and a triangular pediment supported by small consoles. The structure also has a heavy eaves cornice and a blocking course. Access to the doorway is provided by stone steps, beneath which there is another doorway leading into the basement.

Local climate

The Temple in Crow Nest Park, 200 Yards South of Crow Nest House 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 52% 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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