The Queens Temple is a Grade I listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. A Georgian Pavilion.

The Queens Temple

WRENN ID
mired-remnant-hazel
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Buckingham and Bletchley MP: Callum Anderson (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Pavilion
Period
Georgian
Address
The Queens Temple, Stowe
OS grid reference
SP 677 376
Coordinates
52.03355, -1.01418
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Queens Temple is a pavilion built around 1740 by architect James Gibbs and remodeled around 1770. It features a balustraded parapet and is constructed from ashlar stone, with rustication at the basement level. The south side has a three-bay Corinthian portico approached by stone steps with balustrades, a glazed central opening, and niches with urns on either side. The north front has a slightly projecting pedimented center with a curved Ionic portico and flanking niches. Inside, the decorations were done by Valdre, and the floor includes a Roman tessellated pavement that was relocated from Foscott between 1839 and 1840.

Local climate

The Queens Temple sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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