Sunrise Temple Approximately 30 Metres North East of Castle Hill House is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1967. Temple. 1 related planning application.

Sunrise Temple Approximately 30 Metres North East of Castle Hill House

WRENN ID
tall-flagstone-stoat
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Devon
Constituency
North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 February 1967
Type
Temple
Address
Sunrise Temple Approximately 30 Metres North East of Castle Hill House, EX32 0RH
OS grid reference
SS 672 284
Coordinates
51.04038, -3.895
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Sunrise Temple, located approximately 30 metres north-east of Castle Hill House, is a temple built in 1831. It is constructed from stone rubble and features timber columns. The structure has a rectangular shape and is open-fronted with three bays. It is designed in a distyle in antis, supported by two fluted timber Corinthian columns, although the left-hand column has been replaced. The temple has a straight entablature with a dentilled cornice, and the date "1831" is inscribed on the soffit at the centre. Inside, there is a coved ceiling and a four-plank door located in the centre of the rear wall, leading to a room in the rear lean-to. There is also a lean-to at the back of the temple.

Local climate

Sunrise Temple Approximately 30 Metres North East of Castle Hill House receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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