Horse Temple is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1985. Landscape building.
Horse Temple
- WRENN ID
- vast-moat-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1985
- Type
- Landscape building
- Address
- Horse Temple, Cirencester
- OS grid reference
- SP 019 018
- Coordinates
- 51.71566, -1.97292
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Horse Temple is a landscape building located in Cirencester, dating from the early 18th century. It is constructed from limestone ashlar with a coursed squared limestone rubble plinth and rear wall, and it is currently unroofed. The structure is a three-bay rectangular pavilion featuring an applied Doric order. The front has three round-headed openings with flat unmoulded surrounds and keystones above moulded imposts. The applied Doric order includes four pilasters and a full entablature that breaks forward over the pilasters. The parapet has a plinth and moulded coping, with narrow dies topped by ball finials above the pilasters. The two-bay returns have a balustrade in the front opening and a blind opening at the rear. Access is provided via steps to the rear left through an unfinished opening in the rear wall. The entire building is raised on a deep plinth made of coursed squared limestone rubble. Originally, the Horse Temple faced the Hexagon down Windsor Walk but was moved to its current location after 1779, likely when the Kennels were constructed in 1837.
Local climate
Horse Temple receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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