Garden Temple in the grounds of Petworth House to the north of the preceding Temple is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1973. Garden temple.

Garden Temple in the grounds of Petworth House to the north of the preceding Temple

WRENN ID
sharp-cupola-lake
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 November 1973
Type
Garden temple
OS grid reference
SU 975 223
Coordinates
50.99258, -0.61114
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Garden Temple, located in the grounds of Petworth House, is an early 19th-century circular building. It features ten Ionic columns that stand on a plinth with three steps. Above the columns, there is a cornice and a dome.

Local climate

Garden Temple in the grounds of Petworth House to the north of the preceding Temple receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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