Temple Approximately 500 Metres East of Woburn Abbey is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1987. A 19th century Garden Building.

Temple Approximately 500 Metres East of Woburn Abbey

WRENN ID
fallow-buttress-bistre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 March 1987
Type
Garden Building
Period
19th century
OS grid reference
SP 969 324
Coordinates
51.98227, -0.58948
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The temple located approximately 500 meters east of Woburn Abbey is a garden building designed in the form of a small classical temple. It is believed to date from the early 19th century and may have been created by Humphry Repton. The structure features ashlar (clunch) facing, with coursed ironstone visible on the rear elevation, and has a hipped slate roof.

This small rectangular building is open to the west and includes a virtually Roman Doric portico, which is distyle in antis. The entablature is adorned with triglyphs and guttae on the frieze, along with a modillion cornice. The stone-paved floor is accessed by three steps, and the rear angles are accented by clasping pilasters. In front of the temple, there is a small rectangular paved area that has the remains of a low balustrade along its western edge.

Local climate

Temple Approximately 500 Metres East of Woburn Abbey sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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