Temple at Temple Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1957. Summerhouse.
Temple at Temple Hill
- WRENN ID
- winter-mortar-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1957
- Type
- Summerhouse
- Address
- Temple at Temple Hill, Godmersham
- OS grid reference
- TR 066 510
- Coordinates
- 51.22118, 0.95838
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Temple at Temple Hill is a summerhouse built in the late 18th century, featuring wood columns, brick, and plaster. It has a Doric portico that is accessed by three steps and supported by four columns. The portico includes a triglyph frieze adorned with rosettes and rams' heads in the metopes, along with ornamented soffites and a pediment above. The entrance consists of a double panelled door flanked by fluted Doric pilasters and round arched windows. Above the door is an inscribed panel with the letters: D A.C. S A.Q. F.T. E.A. Q.E.T.C.
Inside, the temple has 20th-century plasterboard and features two niches. It is situated within the grounds of Godmersham Park, an estate owned by Edward Austen Knight, who was the brother of the famous author Jane Austen. Jane is believed to have visited the estate frequently, and it is said that she wrote some of her works in this temple, which overlooks the house. The listing was enhanced in 2017 to commemorate the bicentenary of Jane Austen's death.
Local climate
Temple at Temple Hill receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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