Temple in the Garden at the Courts is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1988. Garden temple.
Temple in the Garden at the Courts
- WRENN ID
- hidden-storey-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1988
- Type
- Garden temple
- Address
- Temple in the Garden at the Courts, the Walk, Holt
- OS grid reference
- ST 861 617
- Coordinates
- 51.35466, -2.19966
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Temple in the Garden at The Courts is a garden temple built in the early 20th century. It is constructed from limestone ashlar and features a stone slate roof with coped verges. The temple is supported by four Composite columns and has a plain frieze topped with a moulded pediment that includes a female mask and garlands. The structure was restored by the National Trust in the 1980s. It is one of several garden features designed by Sir George Hastings around 1900 and further developed by Lady Cecilie Goff during the 1920s and 1930s.
Local climate
Temple in the Garden at the Courts receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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