The Temple is a Grade I listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1951. A C18 Temple.
The Temple
- WRENN ID
- waning-paling-winter
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- North Norfolk
- Constituency
- North Norfolk MP: Steff Aquarone (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1951
- Type
- Temple
- Address
- The Temple, the Avenue, Holkham
- OS grid reference
- TF 881 419
- Coordinates
- 52.9421, 0.79923
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Temple is a garden temple built between 1729 and 1731 by William Kent. It is constructed of gault brick, which is partly stuccoed with limestone dressings, and features slate roofs over the portico and side wings, along with a lead-covered dome. The temple has a pedimented portico adorned with a medallion metope frieze and is supported by two Roman Doric columns in antis with an egg and dart echinus. The central block is a domed octagon that connects to the portico through two semi-circular arches. It includes sash windows with glazing bars and a plain stone band at sill level, as well as Diocletian windows on the east and west sides of the octagon. The two lower side wings have part-pediments and moulded brick eaves.
Inside, there is a fine doorway leading to the portico, featuring a lugged architrave topped by a broken pediment. The interior also includes a pulvinated frieze and a moulded plaster cornice at the springing of the dome, along with four semi-circular headed niches.
Local climate
The Temple receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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