Temple of the Four Winds West Wycombe Park is a Grade II* listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1954. Temple.

Temple of the Four Winds West Wycombe Park

WRENN ID
lone-flagstone-barley
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Wycombe MP: Emma Reynolds (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 January 1954
Type
Temple
OS grid reference
SU 831 941
Coordinates
51.64019, -0.79925
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Temple of the Four Winds, located in West Wycombe Park, is an 18th-century tall three-storey tower with an octagonal plan. It features a base of flint rubble on a red brick foundation, with stucco panels and a hipped old tiled roof topped with a ball finial. Two flights of steps lead up to the south doorway, while the north terrace has an ashlar doorway supported by a red brick arch faced with flint rubble, along with side arches and obelisks. The first floor includes arched windows on the east and west sides, and the second floor has small rectangular windows on each elevation.

Local climate

Temple of the Four Winds West Wycombe Park sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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