The Temple, South of Wotton House is a Grade II* listed building in the Mole Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 1966. A Georgian Temple.
The Temple, South of Wotton House
- WRENN ID
- salt-spire-bistre
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Mole Valley
- Constituency
- Dorking and Horley MP: Chris Coghlan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 November 1966
- Type
- Temple
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- The Temple, South of Wotton House, Guildford Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 121 468
- Coordinates
- 51.2103, -0.39565
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Temple, located south of Wotton House, is an 18th-century garden temple constructed of stone with stone paving and an earth-covered roof. It features four giant Doric columns supporting a honeycomb structure with a triglyph frieze and an entablature, along with a temple recess behind. The roof is designed as a tunnel vault, and there are arched niches with rusticated decoration inside, with the central niche housing a classical female statue of Venus and a fountain basin, which is supplied by a conduit from a garden terrace. The temple is believed to have been initially built by George Evelyn in 1649 as part of his Italian Gardens at Wotton, which are now listed on the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, at Grade II*.
Local climate
The Temple, South of Wotton House receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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