Temple in Gunnersbury Park is a Grade II* listed building in the Hounslow local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1951. A Georgian Temple.
Temple in Gunnersbury Park
- WRENN ID
- sunken-postern-smoke
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Hounslow
- Constituency
- Hammersmith and Chiswick MP: Andy Slaughter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1951
- Type
- Temple
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Temple in Gunnersbury Park, Gunnersbury Avenue W3
- OS grid reference
- TQ 189 793
- Coordinates
- 51.50034, -0.28838
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Temple in Gunnersbury Park was built before 1760, likely on the instructions of Princess Amelia during the five years of negotiations leading up to the purchase of the house, as mentioned in a letter of sale. It is constructed of red brick and features a stone tetrastyle Roman Doric portico set on a stylobate of five steps. The columns have square bases, and the entablature includes guttae, triglyphs, and carved metopes. The pediment displays a cartouche and garlands within the tympanum. The wall of the portico has a dado and two semi-circular arched niches that house plaster-cast statues on pedestals. The door surround consists of an architrave, a frieze between consoles, a cornice, and a pediment. Inside, the ceiling is adorned with octagonal caissons, and the building has a Welsh slate roof and cellars. As of December 1968, the temple is in derelict condition.
Local climate
Temple in Gunnersbury Park 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 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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