Temple of Mercury 155 Metres East South East of Lynford Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1977. Gazebo.
Temple of Mercury 155 Metres East South East of Lynford Hall
- WRENN ID
- cold-soffit-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1977
- Type
- Gazebo
- OS grid reference
- TL 820 940
- Coordinates
- 52.51371, 0.68185
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Temple of Mercury, located 155 metres east-southeast of Lynford Hall, is a gazebo built around 1862 and designed by W. Burns. It is constructed from limestone ashlar and originally featured a lead or copper roof. The structure is circular in shape and supported by six Roman Doric columns on a polygonal three-step base. About one third of the circumference is occupied by a plain wall. A continuous plain entablature supports the remnants of a wooden truss that forms a hemi-spherical cupola. Sections of fallen plaster cornice are still visible from the original ceiling, and there is a stone bench against the wall.
Local climate
Temple of Mercury 155 Metres East South East of Lynford Hall sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% 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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