The Grecian Temple is a Grade I listed building in the South Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 May 1953. A Late C18 Garden temple.
The Grecian Temple
- WRENN ID
- worn-cupola-auburn
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- South Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge MP: Sir Gavin Williamson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 May 1953
- Type
- Garden temple
- Address
- The Grecian Temple, Brewood and Coven
- OS grid reference
- SJ 854 053
- Coordinates
- 52.6459, -2.21719
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Grecian Temple is a garden temple built in the late 18th century. It is constructed of yellow brick with ashlar dressings and features a hipped slate roof topped with a central leaded fiberglass dome, which is set behind a stone-coped parapet that includes three oblong blind panels. The temple is designed in the Ionic style and consists of one storey with a layout of one bay, three bays, and one bay.
The central portico is supported by four columns and is accessed by a flight of steps. It has outer pilasters that are topped with a full entablature, which includes an enriched frieze and a dentilled cornice. The windows are glazing bar sashes, with the two outer windows featuring pediments and being flanked by columns. Above each window and the central half-glazed door are blind panels. The two outer windows are oblong, the two inner windows are circular, and the central window is square. An enriched horizontal band separates the windows and door from the panels within the portico.
Local climate
The Grecian Temple receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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