Tuscan Temple is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1954. Folly.

Tuscan Temple

WRENN ID
solemn-moat-sedge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 January 1954
Type
Folly
Address
Tuscan Temple, Hovingham
OS grid reference
SE 658 752
Coordinates
54.16927, -0.99333
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Tuscan Temple is a folly built in 1748 by Thomas Worsley VI. Constructed from limestone ashlar, it features a prostyle design with a tetrastyle portico, a plain entablature, and a pediment. This structure is noted in Pevsner's "Yorkshire: The North Riding," published in 1966.

Local climate

Tuscan Temple receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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