Temple of Pomona is a Grade II* listed building in the East Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 May 1985. Pavilion.
Temple of Pomona
- WRENN ID
- quartered-corbel-sparrow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- East Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Burton and Uttoxeter MP: Jacob Collier (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 May 1985
- Type
- Pavilion
- Address
- Temple of Pomona, Okeover
- OS grid reference
- SK 158 482
- Coordinates
- 53.03173, -1.76538
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Temple of Pomona is a pavilion built around 1747-48, with an extension added in the early to mid-19th century. It was constructed by Simon File, likely following designs by Joseph Sanderson. The front is made of ashlar stone with chamfered quoins and features slate roofs. This structure serves as a Palladian garden feature with three bays; the outer bays are lower and have lean-tos that create an implied pediment above the taller central bay, which has a pedimented break. The central section includes a round-headed moulded arch that springs from moulded imposts and features a fluted bracketed key. This arch is flanked by Doric columns that support a pediment. On either side of the arch, there are round-headed glazing bar sash windows with moulded architraves, raised keys, and bracketed sills.
The rear extension is built of brick with ashlar quoins and dressings, topped with a slate roof that has rustic barge boards. On the north elevation, there is a gabled two-storey bay to the left and a single-storey bay to the right with a flat roof. This section features glazing bar casements with shaped lintels, and the left-hand gable displays intertwined initials H.C.O.
Local climate
Temple of Pomona receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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