Wall on East and South Sides of Brighton and Hove High School for Girls (The Temple) Wall on South and East Sides of Brighton and Hove High School for Girls is a Grade II listed building in the Brighton and Hove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 October 1952. Wall. 3 related planning applications.

Wall on East and South Sides of Brighton and Hove High School for Girls (The Temple) Wall on South and East Sides of Brighton and Hove High School for Girls

WRENN ID
sacred-fireplace-holly
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brighton and Hove
Constituency
Brighton Pavilion MP: Siân Berry (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 October 1952
Type
Wall
Address
Wall on East and South Sides of Brighton and Hove High School for Girls (The Temple) Wall on South and East Sides of Brighton and Hove High School for Girls, Denmark Terrace, the City of Brighton and Hove, BN1 3AT
OS grid reference
TQ 303 047
Coordinates
50.82789, -0.1511
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The wall on the east and south sides of Brighton and Hove High School for Girls, known as The Temple, was built in 1819 for Thomas Read Kemp. It stretches approximately 80 meters along Denmark Terrace and about 50 meters in Temple Gardens. The construction features red and yellow brick set in English bond, knapped flints, cobbles, and stucco. In Temple Gardens, the wall includes a layer of knapped flint, followed by three courses of red brick, and cobbles set in mortar within panels of yellow brick, topped with a cement coping. The design in Denmark Terrace is similar but lacks the bottom layer of flint. At each end of the wall in Temple Gardens, there are round domed piers with stucco cornices. In Denmark Terrace, two entrances are flanked by pairs of square piers that match the wall's detailing, featuring stucco cornices and antefixae, some adorned with lion heads. One entrance is also present in Temple Gardens, along with an additional square pier forming another entrance next to the western round pier. A plaque near the south gate in Denmark Terrace commemorates Thomas Read Kemp. The wall has undergone significant renewal.

Local climate

Wall on East and South Sides of Brighton and Hove High School for Girls (The Temple) Wall on South and East Sides of Brighton and Hove High School for Girls receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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