The Temple at Brightling Park to the South West of the House is a Grade II* listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1961. A Neoclassical Garden structure.
The Temple at Brightling Park to the South West of the House
- WRENN ID
- long-chimney-flax
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Rother
- Constituency
- Bexhill and Battle MP: Dr Kieran Mullan (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1961
- Type
- Garden structure
- Period
- Neoclassical
- OS grid reference
- TQ 680 203
- Coordinates
- 50.95786, 0.39122
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Temple at Brightling Park, located to the southwest of the house, is a Grade II* listed building. It was designed by Sir Robert Smirke in the early 19th century for John Fuller, known as "Mad Jack." This small circular structure features a colonnade with an inserted portion above and a dome on top, constructed using Roman cement. It was built as an eyecatcher.
Local climate
The Temple at Brightling Park to the South West of the House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% 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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