The Fire Engine House with the Garden Temple Adjoining is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1985. Outhouse, garden temple.

The Fire Engine House with the Garden Temple Adjoining

WRENN ID
fading-doorway-crag
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 May 1985
Type
Outhouse, garden temple
OS grid reference
SU 976 219
Coordinates
50.98869, -0.60996
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Fire Engine House, along with the adjoining Garden Temple, is an outhouse and late fire engine house dating from the 18th century. The oldest part of the building, which faces east, is constructed of sandstone rubble with red brick dressings and quoins, topped with a hipped tiled roof. It features a round-headed doorway with a semi-circular fanlight. To the west, an ornamental front was added in the early 19th century to transform it into a garden house and to conceal the utilitarian aspects of the original structure. This addition is stuccoed, has a slate roof, and includes a portico supported by four Doric columns, topped with a pediment.

Local climate

The Fire Engine House with the Garden Temple Adjoining 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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