Garendon Park, The Temple of Venus is a Grade II* listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1965. Temple. 2 related planning applications.

Garendon Park, The Temple of Venus

WRENN ID
dusted-basalt-grain
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Charnwood
Constituency
Loughborough MP: Dr Jeevun Sandher (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 March 1965
Type
Temple
Address
Garendon Park, The Temple of Venus, Ashby Road, Stonebow Village, LE11 4SG
OS grid reference
SK 497 190
Coordinates
52.76684, -1.26351
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Temple of Venus, located in Garendon Park, was built in the 1730s by Ambrose Phillipps of Garendon, who died in 1737. This temple is constructed of ashlar and features a carved oak entablature topped with a copper dome. It has a circular plan that is loosely inspired by the Temple of Vesta in Tivoli. The structure is raised on four steps and is surrounded by a peristyle of Ionic columns. The entablature is painted white and includes a frieze decorated with ox skulls and small bays adorned with swags. The cornice features lions' heads at intervals. Inside, the temple has a circular room with rusticated walls, a classical doorcase, and a two-fold fielded-panel door. Originally, the interior housed a statue of Venus, which is now lost, possibly destroyed by Luddite rioters in 1811.

Local climate

Garendon Park, The Temple of Venus sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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