Wyatt Temple at West End of First Cross-Axis in Gardens at the Bury at Grid Reference Tl 1870 2192 is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1968. Garden temple.

Wyatt Temple at West End of First Cross-Axis in Gardens at the Bury at Grid Reference Tl 1870 2192

WRENN ID
calm-glass-plover
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
Wyatt Temple at West End of First Cross-Axis in Gardens at the Bury at Grid Reference Tl 1870 2192, St. Paul's Walden
OS grid reference
TL 187 219
Coordinates
51.88323, -0.27681
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Wyatt Temple is a garden temple built in 1775 by James Wyatt for John Conyers. Originally located at Copped Hall in Essex, it was moved to its current site at The Bury around 1950. The temple features a moulded stone plinth and steps, a wooden order, and a stuccoed brick rear section. Inside, there is a domed moulded plaster ceiling topped with a lead ribbed dome and finial. The structure is designed in the Ionic style, with a circular interior that has a seat facing east and is accessed by three steps. The rear section includes a hemicycle recess made of solid stucco. The semi-circular front showcases fluted timber columns with enriched base mouldings, angular volutes, and an entablature that has a dentilled cornice and a swelled frieze that extends outward over the columns. The plaster dome features radial moulded ribs, scallops in a wavy outer band, and an elaborate acanthus roundel with a central pendant. The floor has a radial paving pattern made of black and white stone, with a large St. John's cross at the center.

Local climate

Wyatt Temple at West End of First Cross-Axis in Gardens at the Bury at Grid Reference Tl 1870 2192 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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