Grotto in Cleadon Recreation Park is a Grade II listed building in the South Tyneside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1985. Garden feature. 4 related planning applications.
Grotto in Cleadon Recreation Park
- WRENN ID
- dusk-gutter-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Tyneside
- Constituency
- South Shields MP: Emma Lewell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1985
- Type
- Garden feature
- Address
- Grotto in Cleadon Recreation Park, Laburnum Grove, SR6 7RJ
- OS grid reference
- NZ 383 621
- Coordinates
- 54.95282, -1.40276
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This 18th-century grotto is a garden feature originally located within the grounds of Cleadon House. It is constructed of roughly squared coursed limestone rubble with brick dressings, built into and retaining a hillside. The south elevation features three pointed arches flanked by two similar niches. A square cover now sits in the ground, likely replacing a former lantern. Inside, the grotto is octagonal, containing three niches along the north sides. A lake once stood in front of the grotto.
Local climate
Grotto in Cleadon Recreation Park receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 9 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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