Temple of Venus at Hall Barn is a Grade II* listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 May 1950. A C18 Temple.

Temple of Venus at Hall Barn

WRENN ID
scarred-minaret-fern
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Beaconsfield MP: Joy Morrissey (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 May 1950
Type
Temple
Address
Temple of Venus at Hall Barn, Beaconsfield
OS grid reference
SU 939 887
Coordinates
51.58963, -0.645
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Temple of Venus at Hall Barn is an early 18th-century structure, likely designed by Colen Campbell. This open circular building features six Roman Doric columns, an entablature, and a frieze adorned with swags. It has a dome, which is decorated inside with plaster reliefs of putti among vines.

Local climate

Temple of Venus at Hall Barn sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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