Temple Approximately 32 Metres West of Belcombe Court is a Grade II* listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 April 1952. Temple.
Temple Approximately 32 Metres West of Belcombe Court
- WRENN ID
- white-stair-equinox
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 April 1952
- Type
- Temple
- OS grid reference
- ST 817 606
- Coordinates
- 51.34437, -2.26412
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Temple, located approximately 32 meters west of Belcombe Court, was built in the 1740s for Francis Yerbury. It is constructed from limestone ashlar and features a circular plan in a classical style. The structure is supported by eight slender Roman Doric columns arranged in wide couples, and it has a triglyph frieze and cornice, topped with a flaming urn on the dome. The Temple overlooks a pond to the west of Belcombe Court. John Wood, the original designer, intended for Belcombe Court to have a natural view across the Avon valley and believed there was an ancient Druidic temple on the site. He was displeased when Francis Yerbury chose a working mason for the construction, which was part of a garden that included the ha-ha, grotto, Gothic cottage, and garden seat created to the west of Belcombe Court in the 1740s.
Local climate
Temple Approximately 32 Metres West of Belcombe Court receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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