The Temple (In the Gardens in Middle of South Side) is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1969. Garden house. 2 related planning applications.
The Temple (In the Gardens in Middle of South Side)
- WRENN ID
- haunted-merlon-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 April 1969
- Type
- Garden house
- Address
- The Temple (In the Gardens in Middle of South Side), Edwardws Square, W8 6HL
- OS grid reference
- TQ 250 790
- Coordinates
- 51.49691, -0.20034
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Temple is a stucco garden house located in the gardens on the south side of Edwardes Square, dating from the early 19th century. It is two storeys high and features a pedimented portico supported by four Tuscan columns that face the gardens. The back of the building, which faces the road, has pilaster decoration. The structure is colour washed and includes a brick lean-to addition with a chimney on the east side.
Local climate
The Temple (In the Gardens in Middle of South Side) sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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