Bright Earth Buddhist Temple is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 January 1970. Religious building. 4 related planning applications.
Bright Earth Buddhist Temple
- WRENN ID
- steep-soffit-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Malvern Hills
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 January 1970
- Type
- Religious building
- Address
- Bright Earth Buddhist Temple, 34, Worcester Road, WR14 4AA
- OS grid reference
- SO 775 462
- Coordinates
- 52.11422, -2.32964
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bright Earth Buddhist Temple, dating from around 1824, is a two-storey building finished in stucco. It features a three-unit frontage, with the central unit having a dentilled cornice and parapet. The windows are hung sashes with glazing bars; the first-floor windows are set in square-headed recesses, while the ground floor has full-height cambered-headed recesses. There is a band between the storeys. The central porch has a flat entablature and blocking course supported by paired pilasters, with panelled outer doors in a cambered-headed opening. The side units are slightly set back and also two storeys high, with a hipped slate roof. The right side has a door, and there is one hung sash window on the first floor only.
Local climate
Bright Earth Buddhist Temple receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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