Temple in the Ground of Burnt Norton Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1985. Summer house.

Temple in the Ground of Burnt Norton Hall

WRENN ID
spare-joist-winter
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cotswold
Constituency
North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 February 1985
Type
Summer house
Address
Temple in the Ground of Burnt Norton Hall, Weston Subedge (Det)
OS grid reference
SP 146 412
Coordinates
52.06983, -1.78828
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building is a summer house located in the grounds of Burnt Norton Hall. It features an 18th-century facade, while the other walls and roof were constructed in the 19th century. The facade is made of ashlar, while the remaining walls are brick. The roof is corrugated and was formerly domed. The structure has a rectangular plan with an entrance through the facade and an opening in the opposite wall, consisting of a single room above ground level.

The facade includes three round-headed arches with keystones and imposts that rest on a plinth. These arches are flanked by pairs of fluted pilasters on either side, each topped with composite order capitals. The central arch serves as the entrance, accessed by three steps and flanked by two columns that are engaged with the pilasters behind them. Both columns have decorated capitals as previously described. The keystones of the capitals extend into the course above, which features a cushion moulding and a moulded projecting eaves course adorned with alternating rose and dentilled decoration on its lower surface. Above this is a parapet with fielded panels that flank a niche, which has a shell-moulded hood, a bead-moulded surround, and flanking fielded pilasters.

Local climate

Temple in the Ground of Burnt Norton Hall receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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