The Temple is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 December 1949. Summerhouse.
The Temple
- WRENN ID
- late-quartz-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 December 1949
- Type
- Summerhouse
- Address
- The Temple, Alexandra Terrace, Exmouth
- OS grid reference
- SX 999 806
- Coordinates
- 50.61669, -3.4155
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Temple, located on the south-east side of Alexandra Terrace, is a Grade II listed building dating from 1824. It was originally designed as a reproduction of The Temple of Theseus in Athens. This structure was one of two summerhouses built for William Kendall; the other summerhouse, which was a copy of the Erechtheion, has since been demolished. Later additions include wings and bows, and the building is finished in stucco with some alterations.
Local climate
The Temple receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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