Temple of Health is a Grade II* listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1988. Temple. 1 related planning application.

Temple of Health

WRENN ID
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Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 July 1988
Type
Temple
Address
Temple of Health, Blenheim, OX20 1PX
OS grid reference
SP 444 160
Coordinates
51.84121, -1.35624
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Temple of Health, built in 1789 by John Yenn, is a Grade II* listed structure located in Blenheim Park. It is constructed of limestone ashlar and features a gabled Welsh slate roof. The temple is designed in a Corinthian tetrastyle style, with a dentilled pediment above Corinthian columns in antis, which have grey stone capitals.

Inside, there is a medallion of George III along with a Latin inscription commemorating his recovery from a prolonged period of mental illness. Blenheim Park is recognized as a Grade I site on the HBMC Register of Parks and Gardens.

Local climate

Temple of Health receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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