Temple at Temple Pool, Upton House is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 May 1967. Garden temple.
Temple at Temple Pool, Upton House
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Kenilworth and Southam MP: Sir Jeremy Wright (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 May 1967
- Type
- Garden temple
- Address
- Temple at Temple Pool, Upton House, Ratley and Upton
- OS grid reference
- SP 374 445
- Coordinates
- 52.09835, -1.45531
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Temple at Temple Pool, located at Upton House, is a garden temple built around 1745 and is attributed to Sanderson Miller. Constructed from ironstone ashlar with grey limestone ashlar dressings at the front, it features a tiled roof with a parapet. The temple is a single-storey structure with a three-window range in a classical style.
Access is via four steps leading up to a full-width portico supported by a single and two pairs of alternating Tuscan columns, topped with an entablature and a steep central pediment. Plain railings flank the sides of the portico. The main block is adorned with angle pilasters and rusticated alternating quoins. The central entrance consists of glazed double-leaf doors with an overlight, and all windows have stone lintels.
Due to the steeply sloping site, the rear of the temple is two storeys high, featuring rusticated quoins and a central sash window with a small gablet above. The lower part has a blocked round archway. Inside, the temple includes a classical moulded dado rail and cornice. It occupies a prominent position at the center of the dam at the end of the Temple Pool.
Local climate
Temple at Temple Pool, Upton House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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