Garrick's Shakespeare Temple is a Grade I listed building in the Richmond upon Thames local planning authority area, England. A Circa 1765 Temple. 2 related planning applications.
Garrick's Shakespeare Temple
- WRENN ID
- fading-outpost-honey
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Richmond upon Thames
- Constituency
- Twickenham MP: Munira Wilson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Temple
- Period
- Circa 1765
- Address
- Garrick's Shakespeare Temple, Hampton Court Road, TW12 2EN
- OS grid reference
- TQ 141 694
- Coordinates
- 51.41237, -0.35942
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Garrick's Shakespeare Temple is an octagonal brick structure built around 1765, topped with a lead dome. The east front features an Ionic portico that is eight columns wide and three columns deep. On the west side, there is a projection also topped with a lead dome. The ground floor has arched windows. The temple once housed a statue of Shakespeare by the sculptor Ronbilliac.
Local climate
Garrick's Shakespeare Temple sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- 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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