The Temple, Bandrum is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 December 1979. Look-out tower.
The Temple, Bandrum
- WRENN ID
- ancient-column-brook
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- Dunfermline and Dollar MP: Graeme Downie (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 19 December 1979
- Type
- Look-out tower
- OS grid reference
- NT 036 917
- Coordinates
- 56.10867, -3.55069
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Temple at Bandrum is an octagonal look-out tower built in 1842 by Henry Laurance and Lewis Mercer of Saline. It stands 24 feet tall and features gothic detailing. The structure is constructed of stugged ashlar and includes a cill course and cornice. On the south side, there are entrances at ground level with curved steps leading to the front, along with three carved niches above. The upper level has pointed-arch windows with hoodmoulds and an additional single niche above. There is another entrance on the north side that leads to an internal stone stairway to the upper level. The tower is currently roofless.
Local climate
The Temple, Bandrum sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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