Garden Temple in Back Garden of Number 14 (Temple House) is a Grade II* listed building in the Redbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1954. A Georgian Temple. 6 related planning applications.

Garden Temple in Back Garden of Number 14 (Temple House)

WRENN ID
slow-forge-finch
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
Period
Georgian
Address
Garden Temple in Back Garden of Number 14 (Temple House), the Avenue E11
OS grid reference
TQ 408 884
Coordinates
51.57735, 0.03067
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Garden Temple in the back garden of Number 14 (Temple House) dates from around 1730 to 1740. It features a tetrastyle Ionic portico made of wood and plaster, with a pulvinated frieze and a modillioned cornice. The tympanum includes a blank shield of arms adorned with foliage swags. The soffit of the architrave is decorated with a Greek key pattern. Inside, the temple has an apsidal shape and is open, showcasing an enriched stucco ceiling with an oval panel, a pulvinated frieze, and a cornice, along with a paved floor. The temple is notable for being open at the back without any attached room, making it a fine example of its type.

Local climate

Garden Temple in Back Garden of Number 14 (Temple House) 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 1998
  • Related listed building consents — 6 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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