The Fane of Pastoral Poetry is a Grade I listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 July 1966. A 1727/3; re-erected 1760's Folly.
The Fane of Pastoral Poetry
- WRENN ID
- hushed-soffit-starling
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Buckingham and Bletchley MP: Callum Anderson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 July 1966
- Type
- Folly
- Address
- The Fane of Pastoral Poetry, Stowe
- OS grid reference
- SP 677 381
- Coordinates
- 52.03742, -1.01385
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Fane of Pastoral Poetry is a small roofless structure built in 1727 by architect James Gibbs, originally known as The Belvedere. It was re-erected on its current site in the 1760s. The building is constructed from ashlar stone and features a moulded cornice. It has an octagonal shape with four sides that are pierced by semi-circular headed arches, which include keyblocks, stepped architraves, and impost mouldings. The angled faces of the structure have blank oculi.
Local climate
The Fane of Pastoral Poetry 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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