Small Temple Above Theatre in Gardens at the Bury at Grid Reference Tl 1887 2207 is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1968. Garden temple.

Small Temple Above Theatre in Gardens at the Bury at Grid Reference Tl 1887 2207

WRENN ID
noble-remnant-hyssop
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 May 1968
Type
Garden temple
Address
Small Temple Above Theatre in Gardens at the Bury at Grid Reference Tl 1887 2207, St. Paul's Walden
OS grid reference
TL 188 220
Coordinates
51.88454, -0.27429
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The small temple above the theatre in the gardens at The Bury is a garden temple dating from the 18th century. It features columns and a roof that was renewed in the 20th century. The temple has a limestone base and steps, with columns supporting a moulded wooden painted entablature and a ribbed copper dome, which has a plastered dome inside. This circular Tuscan temple is situated on a mound at the northern end of the open-air theatre and is supported by six columns that carry the dome topped with an acorn finial. The limestone base includes paving arranged in a radial pattern radiating from a central roundel, and there are moulded stone steps on the southern half. The inner dome is decorated with mouldings that outline three gored panels, featuring a central pendant.

Local climate

Small Temple Above Theatre in Gardens at the Bury at Grid Reference Tl 1887 2207 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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