The Temple North North East of Hestercombe House is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 2004. Garden folly.

The Temple North North East of Hestercombe House

WRENN ID
waning-chalk-clover
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 July 2004
Type
Garden folly
Address
The Temple North North East of Hestercombe House, West Monkton
OS grid reference
ST 243 290
Coordinates
51.05542, -3.08038
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Temple, located north-north-east of Hestercombe House, is a Grade II* listed structure built in the late 18th century, likely designed by Coplestone Warre Bampfylde. It has been restored in the late 20th century. The Temple features a tetrastyle prostyle design with Tuscan columns and a large modillioned pediment, while the rear walls are made of brick. This structure is one of the garden follies within the Picturesque landscape garden at Hestercombe, which Bampfylde laid out between approximately 1750 and 1790. It is positioned on the east ridge of a landscaped combe that includes a series of ponds, cascades, rills, and sluices. The garden at Hestercombe is a significant example of the Picturesque style. Bampfylde was an adviser and close friend of Henry Hoare, whose garden at Stourhead was developed around the same time.

Local climate

The Temple North North East of Hestercombe House receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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