Steps Cave 10 Metres South East of Number 14a is a Grade II listed building in the Nottingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1995. Cave.

Steps Cave 10 Metres South East of Number 14a

WRENN ID
heavy-hammer-cream
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Nottingham
Constituency
Nottingham East MP: Nadia Whittome (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 November 1995
Type
Cave
OS grid reference
SK 565 398
Coordinates
52.95324, -1.15958
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Steps Cave, located 10 meters southeast of Number 14A, is a man-made ornamental cave dating from around 1870, which was restored in the late 20th century. It was created for Alderman Thomas Herbert and is carved into a natural rock face. The cave features a round-arched doorway, which is flanked on the left by an unglazed round-arched opening. To the right of the doorway, there are regular rows of small niches cut into the rock face. The doorway leads into a round-arched tunnel that has a renewed brick staircase, providing access to an upper terrace. This cave, along with others in the vicinity, was originally a garden feature in the grounds of Herbert's house located in the Ropewalk. The buildings above the cave are not of special interest.

Local climate

Steps Cave 10 Metres South East of Number 14a sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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