The Temple in Whitley Park is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 May 1984. Temple, belvedere. 1 related planning application.
The Temple in Whitley Park
- WRENN ID
- spare-bailey-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Dewsbury and Batley MP: Iqbal Mohamed (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 May 1984
- Type
- Temple, belvedere
- Address
- The Temple in Whitley Park, Liley Lane, Kirkburton
- OS grid reference
- SE 208 169
- Coordinates
- 53.64865, -1.68588
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Temple in Whitley Park is a ruined temple or belvedere built around 1752 to 1754, attributed to architect James Paine. The structure is made of ashlar and lined with coursed brickwork. Originally, it featured a domed roof, which is now missing. The building has an octagonal shape set within a square layout with set-back corners. Each of the four sides has a pediment and a heavy moulded eaves cornice with a blocking course. Three sides contain round-arched windows, while the fourth side features a doorway with a shouldered architrave, chambranles, a pulvinated frieze, and a cornice. Each opening is set within a round-arched recess, and there is a moulded impost band. Inside, the octagonal space has windows on four sides and a round-arched niche on each of the other four sides. Some fragments of plasterwork remain, but the floor has collapsed. The lower level also includes round-arched niches on four sides and a round-arched entrance.
Local climate
The Temple in Whitley Park receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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