Urn and Temple, at Emperor's Walk, at Anglesey Abbey is a Grade II* listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1984. Temple.

Urn and Temple, at Emperor's Walk, at Anglesey Abbey

WRENN ID
fossil-quoin-dale
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
East Cambridgeshire
Constituency
Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 June 1984
Type
Temple
Address
Urn and Temple, at Emperor's Walk, at Anglesey Abbey, Quy Road, Lode
OS grid reference
TL 532 623
Coordinates
52.23774, 0.24223
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Urn and Temple at Emperor's Walk, located at Anglesey Abbey, is a Grade II* listed structure. The urn is an ancient Roman piece made of Egyptian porphyry, featuring a stem of white granite and a base of Swedish porphyry. It has a copper cover and is believed to have originated from Doughty House in Richmond. The urn is housed within an open-sided temple designed in a Chinese style, supported by Tuscan columns and topped with a copper roof. Previously, the urn was situated at Burrows Hill, near Chertsey.

Local climate

Urn and Temple, at Emperor's Walk, at Anglesey Abbey sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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