Ionic Temple is a Grade I listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 January 1955. Temple.
Ionic Temple
- WRENN ID
- lone-tower-elder
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- North York Moors National Park
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 January 1955
- Type
- Temple
- Address
- Ionic Temple, Rievaulx, North Yorkshire
- OS grid reference
- SE 579 850
- Coordinates
- 54.25806, -1.11224
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ionic Temple, built in 1758 and likely designed by Sir Thomas Robinson, is a notable structure located in Rievaulx Terrace. Constructed from limestone ashlar with a lead roof and a stone stack, the temple has a rectangular shape and features a tetrastyle portico. The entrance is accessed via a podium with a flight of 12 steps leading up to the Ionic portico, which is adorned with a dentilled pediment. The entrance includes a six-panel door set within a cyma recta moulded doorcase, and there is a ridge stack at the rear of the building.
Inside, the temple contains a panelled room with a striking white marble fireplace that is supported by caryatids and topped with an open-scrolled pediment. The ceiling is coved and features painted work by Giuseppe Mattia Borgnis, who lived from 1701 to 1761.
Local climate
Ionic Temple 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 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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