Grotto to North East of Park is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1985. Grotto.
Grotto to North East of Park
- WRENN ID
- deep-paling-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Liverpool
- Constituency
- Liverpool Wavertree MP: Paula Barker (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1985
- Type
- Grotto
- OS grid reference
- SJ 377 882
- Coordinates
- 53.38771, -2.93748
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The grotto, located to the northeast of Sefton Park, dates from around 1870 and is likely the work of architects André and Hornblower. It is built from large rough blocks of stone and features three openings leading into the chamber, which includes a central pier and steps that ascend to an opening in the roof.
Local climate
Grotto to North East of Park sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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