Tuscan 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. A C18 Temple. 1 related planning application.
Tuscan Temple
- WRENN ID
- buried-cobble-evening
- 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
- Tuscan Temple, Duncombe Park Estate, Helmsley, North Yorkshire
- OS grid reference
- SE 607 826
- Coordinates
- 54.23574, -1.07015
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tuscan Temple, located in the grounds of Duncombe Park, was built around 1730 in the Palladian style. It is constructed of sandstone ashlar and features a lead roof. The temple has a circular peripteral plan supported by Tuscan columns on a stepped podium. The entrance includes a six-fielded panel door, and there are three sash windows with glazing bars. The structure is adorned with a plain frieze and a moulded cornice, and it has a low drum with a circular window that features radial glazing bars. The hemispherical dome completes the design.
Inside, the door and windows are framed with bead and egg and dart moulding, and there are shell niches between them. Above the door, a broken scroll pediment supports two putti holding a medallion. The ceiling is coffered and features two putti holding a garland at its center.
Local climate
Tuscan Temple receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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