Doric Temple

The Doric Temple, originally listed as the Tuscan Temple, is a Grade I listed building located on Rievaulx Terrace, constructed in 1758 and likely designed by Sir Thomas Robinson. This temple is made of sandstone ashlar and features a lead roof. It has a circular, peripteral dodecastyle plan supported by Doric columns that are raised on a podium. Access is provided by 10 steps leading to a half-glazed fielded-panel door. The structure includes three round-headed sash windows with thick glazing bars, and it is adorned with a metope and triglyph frieze featuring paterae and bocrania. The temple has a low drum and a hemispherical dome.

Inside, the temple showcases medieval floor tiles sourced from Rievaulx Abbey. A door beneath the pediment is supported by brackets, and there are decorative swags and heads above the windows. The interior also features a moulded modillion cornice with a leaf frieze, a coffered ceiling, and a central painting of Ganymede.