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

Small Temple West Wycombe Park

WRENN ID
grey-lantern-yew
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 828 942
Coordinates
51.64106, -0.80419
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Small Temple at West Wycombe Park is a late 18th century or early 19th century single-storey structure made of curved brick and stucco. It features a conical Welsh slate roof topped with a ball finial. The east side has a fan-shaped portico that is cement rendered, supported by Greek Doric columns beneath a simplified entablature consisting of a frieze and cornice. The end wall bays on either side have niches under panels, all framed by pilasters and an entablature. The building is noted for its group value. Originally, it served as a water tower with a space for a cistern, and it has since been converted into a dovecote.

Local climate

Small Temple 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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