The Temple, Spensley House is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 April 1986. Garden building.

The Temple, Spensley House

WRENN ID
lapsed-bonework-ebony
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Yorkshire Dales National Park
Constituency
Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 April 1986
Type
Garden building
Address
The Temple, Spensley House, Melbecks, North Yorkshire, DL11 6LG
OS grid reference
SD 949 981
Coordinates
54.37917, -2.07885
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Temple at Spensley House is a garden building dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed of ashlar ironstone and features a stone slate roof. The building is square in shape and consists of a single storey. A central boarded door is set within a plain surround, and the stonework is cut to create a repetitive pattern of brown ironstone markings. The ashlar is laid in decorative patterns, and there is a projecting cornice with a cyma section.

Local climate

The Temple, Spensley House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 62 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 40 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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