The Temple of British Worthies is a Grade I listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. Garden monument. 1 related planning application.
The Temple of British Worthies
- WRENN ID
- turning-stone-frost
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Buckingham and Bletchley MP: Callum Anderson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Garden monument
- Address
- The Temple of British Worthies, Stowe, MK18 5EH
- OS grid reference
- SP 677 372
- Coordinates
- 52.02967, -1.01353
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Temple of British Worthies is a garden monument built around 1735 by architect William Kent. It features a curved wall adorned with a series of pedimented niches, each with rusticated arches that house a portrait bust of a notable figure. In the center stands a high stepped pyramid that includes an oval niche. The busts are created by sculptors John Michael Rysbrack and Peter Scheemakers.
Local climate
The Temple of British Worthies 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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