Temple of Milton is a Grade II* listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1968. Temple. 1 related planning application.
Temple of Milton
- WRENN ID
- wild-glass-indigo
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1968
- Type
- Temple
- Address
- Temple of Milton, Maker-With-Rame, PL10 1HZ
- OS grid reference
- SX 457 526
- Coordinates
- 50.35325, -4.17017
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Temple of Milton is a Grade II* listed structure located in Maker-with-Rame within Edgcumbe Country Park. This temple, built in the late 18th century, is made of rendered limestone and features a circular plan set on a plinth of four granite steps. The front has five open bays supported by Ionic columns, with engaged half-columns on each side. It is adorned with a frieze and a modillion cornice, topped with a blocking course and a domed roof.
Inside, the temple has a frieze and a dentil cornice beneath the domed plaster roof. The rear wall includes a round-headed niche that holds a marble tablet inscribed with a quotation from John Milton's "Paradise Lost," Book IV, which describes a sylvan scene of towering trees and a majestic view. The Temple of Milton is depicted in an engraving by John Crook from 1819.
Local climate
Temple of Milton sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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