Grotto at Bretton Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Barnsley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1998. Grotto.

Grotto at Bretton Hall

WRENN ID
rough-cupola-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Barnsley
Constituency
Penistone and Stocksbridge MP: Dr Marie Tidball (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 March 1998
Type
Grotto
Address
Grotto at Bretton Hall, Park Lane, High Hoyland
OS grid reference
SE 279 123
Coordinates
53.60676, -1.57891
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Grotto at Bretton Hall is a structure dating from around 1780, built from rough dressed stone. It has an irregular circular shape featuring a central roughly pointed archway and flanking roughly arched windows. Inside, remnants of a rough stone vault can be seen, along with shell-work decoration that culminates in a central pendant. This grotto is a significant feature within the landscape garden that surrounds Bretton Hall, which was created for the Wentworth family.

Local climate

Grotto at Bretton Hall receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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