Ring Temple is a Grade II* listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1967. A Georgian Temple.

Ring Temple

WRENN ID
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Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 February 1967
Type
Temple
Period
Georgian
Address
Ring Temple, Audley End Park, Littlebury
OS grid reference
TL 515 383
Coordinates
52.02264, 0.20749
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Ring Temple is a Grade II* listed circular building made of stucco with a leaded dome. It is located about 2,000 meters to the west of the Audley End stables, on the edge of Ring Hill Camp. The temple was built to commemorate the Treaty of Paris, which ended the Seven Years' War in 1763. Inside, there is a central circular room featuring six double-hung sash windows with glazing bars, as well as moulded architraves and cornices. This room is surrounded by a colonnade of twelve Ionic columns with plain shafts resting on a circular stylobate. Below the dome, there is a frieze decorated with roundels, and the building includes a commemorative inscription. The structure has undergone restoration.

Local climate

Ring Temple 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 91% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% 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 0.4°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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