Historic house · Rochester · Kent

Temple Manor

Temple Manor is a grade I listed historic house museum. This one is within Rochester’s built-up area. The site is kept up by English Heritage.

Photo: Temple Manor, Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent. (CC BY 2.5)

Where

In Rochester

inside the built-up area

Run by

English Heritage

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 23%

#1,932 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Historic house in Rochester

Inside Rochester

Temple Manor is inside Rochester’s built-up area, with 25 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by English Heritage

One of the places English Heritage looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Rochester has 279 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The seasons here

Aim for May to September, when Rochester reaches 17–23°C.

Jan8° / 3°62 mm

Feb8° / 2°51 mm

Mar11° / 3°41 mm

Apr14° / 5°46 mm

May17° / 8°48 mm

Jun21° / 11°50 mm

Jul23° / 13°44 mm

Aug23° / 13°53 mm

Sep20° / 11°55 mm

Oct15° / 8°76 mm

Nov11° / 5°73 mm

Dec8° / 3°67 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Rochester, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Rochester. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Rochester’s full climate →

About

Temple Manor

Articles on it exist in 2 languages. Close by, Rochester Castle is 900 m away, one of 58 within 15 km.

Rochester’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Run by: English Heritage
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Rochester
Official site: english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/temple-manor

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Where it sits

Orange is Temple Manor; numbered in green, the places near it.

Towns near it

Which town is nearest

The most populous of the 8 is Gillingham, at 108,485. The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

1 · It’s in town

Rochester

67,279 people · 34 places to visit

2 · 1.8 km southwest of it

Cuxton

3,039 people · 25 places to visit

3 · 1.8 km southeast of it

Chatham

76,956 people · 37 places to visit

4 · 2.8 km east of it

Gillingham

108,485 people · 33 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Temple Manor is	People	Places to visit
Rochester	It’s in town	67,279	34
Cuxton	1.8 km southwest of it	3,039	25
Chatham	1.8 km southeast of it	76,956	37
Gillingham	2.8 km east of it	108,485	33
Higham	2.8 km northwest of it	2,642	19
Lower Upnor	3 km northeast of it	837	27
Shorne	3.5 km northwest of it	1,038	16
Lower Higham	4.1 km north of it	685	11

Make a day of it

Beyond Temple Manor

Nearby, 58 places within 15 km include 4 historic ships, 2 castles and a cathedral.

Castle · English HeritageRochester Castle900 m away 2

CathedralRochester Cathedral1.1 km away 3

Castle · English HeritageUpnor Castle3.4 km away 4

Historic shipRussian Foxtrot B-39 (U 475)1.3 km away 5

Historic shipHMS Cavalier2.8 km away 6

Historic shipHMS Gannet2.8 km away 7

Historic shipHMS Ocelot2.8 km away 8

MuseumGuildhall Museum1.1 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Temple Manor in questions

Where is Temple Manor?

Temple Manor is in Rochester, Kent, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Temple Manor?

Grade I listed historic house museum in Medway, United Kingdom.

Who runs Temple Manor?

English Heritage, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit Temple Manor?

May to September are the warmest months in Rochester, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Temple Manor a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Temple Manor?

Within 15 km: Rochester Castle (900 m), Rochester Cathedral (1.1 km), Upnor Castle (3.4 km) and Russian Foxtrot B-39 (U 475) (1.3 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Temple Manor: Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent., CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
Rochester Castle: Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Rochester Cathedral: Raggatt2000, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Upnor Castle: Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Russian Foxtrot B-39 (U 475): Hammersfan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
HMS Cavalier: en:User:Swpmre, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
HMS Gannet: Paul Englefield from Leamington Spa, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
HMS Ocelot: Mark.murphy at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Guildhall Museum: ClemRutter at en.wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons

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