Garden Chamber in Walled Garden of Brereton Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 1986. Garden chamber, grotto.
Garden Chamber in Walled Garden of Brereton Hall
- WRENN ID
- waning-niche-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Congleton MP: Sarah Russell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 December 1986
- Type
- Garden chamber, grotto
- OS grid reference
- SJ 781 649
- Coordinates
- 53.18116, -2.3277
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The garden chamber, also known as a grotto, is located in the walled garden of Brereton Hall and dates from the late 18th century. It is constructed of stone and brick and is situated at the end of a sunken ornamental canal. The chamber features a horseshoe basket arch made of stone and has a brick vaulted roof. Much of the chamber is positioned below ground level, aligned with the axis of the sunken canal.
Local climate
Garden Chamber in Walled Garden of Brereton Hall 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 greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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