Garden Temple is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 1986. Garden temple.
Garden Temple
- WRENN ID
- old-truss-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Selby MP: Keir Mather (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 April 1986
- Type
- Garden temple
- Address
- Garden Temple, Escrick Park Gardens, Escrick
- OS grid reference
- SE 636 411
- Coordinates
- 53.86238, -1.03375
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Garden Temple, located in Escrick Park Gardens, is a Grade II listed structure dating from the mid to late 18th century. It is constructed of ashlar and features a circular plan. The temple is accessed by two steps leading to an Ionic colonnade, with the rear wall enhanced by pilasters. It includes a frieze, a cornice, and a stepped blocking course, but it does not have a roof.
Local climate
Garden Temple 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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