Temple Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1972. Building. 11 related planning applications.

Temple Gardens

WRENN ID
roaming-stair-moss
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
City of London
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1972
Type
Building
Address
Temple Gardens, 1-4, Middle Temple Lane Ec4, City and County of the City of London, EC4Y 9BB
OS grid reference
TQ 312 808
Coordinates
51.51153, -0.11075
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Temple Gardens is a group of buildings dated 1878 and designed by E.M. Barry. Constructed of exuberant Portland stone, the building is in a modified 16th-century French chateau style. It consists of two blocks joined over an archway at the south end of Middle Temple Lane. The structure features a battered basement, four main storeys, and two further storeys set within a steep slated roof with cresting. Additional details include rounded corner towers, tall bay windows, balconies, rich figure sculpture and carving, an elaborated centre-piece, and stone dormers.

Local climate

Temple Gardens sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2014
  • Related listed building consents — 11 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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  6. K2 Telephone Kiosk at Junction with Temple Place Grade II 83 m
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