Octagonal Temple Approximately 250 Metres to South West of Shotover Park is a Grade II* listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1963. A Early Victorian Garden temple.

Octagonal Temple Approximately 250 Metres to South West of Shotover Park

WRENN ID
long-storey-hemlock
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 July 1963
Type
Garden temple
Period
Early Victorian
OS grid reference
SP 582 065
Coordinates
51.75446, -1.15784
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Octagonal Temple, built around 1835 by William Kent for General James Tyrrell, is a garden temple located approximately 250 meters to the southwest of Shotover Park. Constructed from limestone ashlar, it features an octagonal plan with four sides that project forward, each containing archways adorned with projecting keyblocks and imposts set in chamfered rustication. The remaining sides have round-headed niches in smooth ashlar. Above a heavy cornice, there is a stepped stone base that once supported a lead-clad dome, of which parts of the wooden structure still remain. The temple is situated on a high mound and serves as a focal point in the significant early 18th-century formal layout of the garden.

Local climate

Octagonal Temple Approximately 250 Metres to South West of Shotover Park sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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