Temple in the Grounds of Batheaston Villa, Approx. 100m West is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 1972. Garden temple.
Temple in the Grounds of Batheaston Villa, Approx. 100m West
- WRENN ID
- dusk-chamber-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 August 1972
- Type
- Garden temple
- OS grid reference
- ST 771 670
- Coordinates
- 51.40245, -2.33008
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The temple in the grounds of Batheaston Villa, located approximately 100 meters west of the villa, is a garden temple dating from the mid-18th century. It is constructed from limestone ashlar and features a domed lead roof. The temple has a circular plan with a base that measures about 8 meters in diameter. There are steps with moulded risers, four on the west side and three on the east side. The structure is supported by eight Roman Doric columns that hold up a flat entablature. Inside, beneath the dome, there is a moulded plinth that has fixings for a former statue.
Local climate
Temple in the Grounds of Batheaston Villa, Approx. 100m West receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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