Temple Greenhouse,Croome Park is a Grade I listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1968. A C1760 Lakeside temple, greenhouse, orangery.

Temple Greenhouse,Croome Park

WRENN ID
plain-corridor-thrush
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Malvern Hills
Constituency
West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 March 1968
Type
Lakeside temple, greenhouse, orangery
Address
Temple Greenhouse,Croome Park, Croome D'Abitot
OS grid reference
SO 881 449
Coordinates
52.10318, -2.17455
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Temple Greenhouse in Croome Park is a lakeside temple built around 1760 by Robert Adam. This oblong building is constructed from Bath stone and features a central hexastyle portico with a richly carved pediment that displays a giant basket of flowers. The building has Roman Doric pilasters at the corners and an entablature surrounding it. Originally, there were glass screens between the columns, dating from around 1800, but these have now been removed. On each side of the building, there is a window with glazing bars, which were originally niches that housed statues of Ceres and Flora, with relief carved panels above them. The end gables are pedimented and have arched recesses. A design for the greenhouse is held in the Soane Museum and is dated 1760.

Local climate

Temple Greenhouse,Croome Park 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 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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