The Temple is a Grade II listed building in the Redbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1954. Temple. 2 related planning applications.

The Temple

WRENN ID
forgotten-basalt-tide
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Redbridge
Constituency
Leyton and Wanstead MP: Mr Calvin Bailey (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 December 1954
Type
Temple
Address
The Temple, Wanstead Park E11
OS grid reference
TQ 416 874
Coordinates
51.56782, 0.04221
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Temple is a late 18th-century building located in Wanstead Park. It features a tetrastyle pedimented Tuscan stone portico that has been painted, with the original cornice mouldings replaced by wooden bargeboards. The central doorway is adorned with a pulvinated frieze and cornice, and there is one sash window on each side of the entrance. The building has a pantile roof and is accessed by steps leading up to it. The Temple is situated on a mound and has later wings added to each side to adapt it for living accommodation.

Local climate

The Temple sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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