Pope's Seat is a Grade II* listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1948. Landscape building.

Pope's Seat

WRENN ID
former-chapel-foxglove
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Cotswold
Constituency
South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 June 1948
Type
Landscape building
Address
Pope's Seat, Cirencester
OS grid reference
SO 999 023
Coordinates
51.7201, -2.00244
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Pope's Seat is an early 18th-century landscape building located in Cirencester Park. It is constructed from limestone ashlar with vermiculated rustication on the front, while the sides and rear are made of coursed squared limestone. The building features a stone slate roof and is designed as a small pavilion with a distyle Doric portico in antis, flanked by screens with clasping pilasters. The central opening is surrounded by pilasters with bands of vermiculated rustication, supporting a full entablature and an open pediment. The pediment is infilled with vermiculated voussoirs and has the incised lettering "POPE'S SEAT" in the tympanum. The flanking screens also display bands of vermiculated rustication, chamfered coping, and round-headed niches with keystones. The clasping pilasters are adorned with similar bands of rustication and ball finials. Inside, the walls are roughcast, and the floor is made of limestone sett, with a round-headed opening at the rear.

Local climate

Pope's Seat 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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