Sunset Temple Approximately 230 Metres North 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.

Sunset Temple Approximately 230 Metres North of Castle Hill House

WRENN ID
young-plaster-barley
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Devon
Constituency
North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 February 1967
Type
Temple
OS grid reference
SS 671 287
Coordinates
51.04285, -3.89686
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Sunset Temple, located approximately 230 metres north of Castle Hill House, is a temple dated 1831, which was rebuilt in the 20th century. It is constructed from concrete blocks faced in stone rubble and features timber columns. The temple has a pedimental slate roof and is rectangular in shape with an open front consisting of three bays. It is designed in the distyle in antis style, with two fluted timber Corinthian columns and end pilasters that support an entablature with a pediment and a moulded frieze. The date 1831 is inscribed on the soffit at the centre.

Local climate

Sunset Temple Approximately 230 Metres North 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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