Temple or Summer House to North East of Nell Gwynns Monument in Park Wood is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. Summer house.
Temple or Summer House to North East of Nell Gwynns Monument in Park Wood
- WRENN ID
- grim-chimney-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dacorum
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Summer house
- Address
- Temple or Summer House to North East of Nell Gwynns Monument in Park Wood, Oddy Hill, Tring
- OS grid reference
- SP 934 107
- Coordinates
- 51.78787, -0.64712
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Temple or Summer House, located to the northeast of Nell Gwynne's Monument in Park Wood, is an early 18th-century structure, likely designed by James Gibbs for William Gore as part of the landscaping scheme for Tring Park. The building features a portico with painted stonework and a stucco back wall that includes a flat dado rail. Inside, there is a plastered ceiling with a moulded cornice, and the roof is sheeted. The rear end of the structure was removed in the late 20th century for road widening.
The tetrastyle open portico, which formerly faced southwest, is designed in the Roman Ionic order, showcasing angular capitals and a triangular pediment adorned with modillions. The matching pilasters on the rear wall exhibit entasis. The temple is raised on two moulded stone steps and features the scar of a central door with a triangular pedimented doorcase. Gibbs was known for designing ornamental buildings for William Gore, who passed away in 1739.
Local climate
Temple or Summer House to North East of Nell Gwynns Monument in Park Wood sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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