Gothic Temple Approximately 370 Metres South of Bramham Park House is a Grade I listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. A C18 Summer house, water tower.
Gothic Temple Approximately 370 Metres South of Bramham Park House
- WRENN ID
- gentle-tallow-linden
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Summer house, water tower
- Period
- C18
- OS grid reference
- SE 408 413
- Coordinates
- 53.86672, -1.38104
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gothic Temple, located approximately 370 metres south of Bramham Park House, is a summer house and water tower built in the 18th century. Constructed from magnesian limestone ashlar, it features an octagonal plan and appears to have two storeys. The building is characterized by buttresses at the corners and two-centred arched doorways on the east and west sides. Flanking these doorways are two-centred arched sash windows, which do not appear on the north and south sides. All openings have glazing bars that intersect at the head and feature diamond junctions. At the upper level, there are circular windows with radial glazing bars set within spherical triangles, along with a string course above, a prominent moulded cornice, and ogee-shaped battlements that are pierced with trefoils. Inside, the temple has Gothic panels formed by slender shafts with foliated decoration. The north and south sides contain tall arched mirrors that replace windows and feature glazing bars similar to those on the exterior. The roof houses a cistern that served as a water tower for the house before the mains water system was introduced.
Local climate
Gothic Temple Approximately 370 Metres South of Bramham Park House receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% 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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