Temple of the Four Winds West Wycombe Park

TEMPLE OF THE FOUR WINDS WEST WYCOMBE PARK

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II*
List Entry Number:
1160544
Date first listed:
09-Jan-1954
List Entry Name:
Temple of the Four Winds West Wycombe Park
Statutory Address:
TEMPLE OF THE FOUR WINDS WEST WYCOMBE PARK

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II*
List Entry Number:
1160544
Date first listed:
09-Jan-1954
List Entry Name:
Temple of the Four Winds West Wycombe Park
Statutory Address 1:
TEMPLE OF THE FOUR WINDS WEST WYCOMBE PARK

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Corrections and minor amendments

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
TEMPLE OF THE FOUR WINDS WEST WYCOMBE PARK

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Buckinghamshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
West Wycombe
National Grid Reference:
SU 83188 94170

Details

WEST WYCOMBE 1. 963 Temple of the Four Winds, West Wycombe Park SU 8394 10/7 9.1.54. II*

2. C18. Tall 3 storey tower, octagonal plan. Flint rubble on red brick base, stucco panels; hipped old tiled roof with ball finial. 2 flights of steps converging up to south doorway; ashlar doorway to north terrace supported on red brick arch faced with flint rubble, side arches and obelisks. Arched window to east and west on first floor; small rectangular windows to each elevation of second floor.

Listing NGR: SU8318894170

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Legacy System number:
46159
Legacy System:
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Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 4 Buckinghamshire,

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

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© Crown copyright [and database rights] 2026. OS AC0000815036. All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100024900.© British Crown and SeaZone Solutions Limited 2026. All rights reserved. Licence number 102006.006.

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