Grotto East of Calke Abbey is a Grade II listed building in the South Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 January 1987. Grotto.

Grotto East of Calke Abbey

WRENN ID
gilded-bronze-lark
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Derbyshire
Constituency
South Derbyshire MP: Samantha Niblett (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 January 1987
Type
Grotto
OS grid reference
SK 369 226
Coordinates
52.80059, -1.45302
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Grotto east of Calke Abbey is a structure built between 1809 and 1810 by Samuel Browne. It is made of red brick faced in tufa and rubble sandstone. The grotto is a half-domed design that is set into a hollow, featuring remnants of stalagmites and stalactites. In front of the grotto, there is a semi-circular enclosure made of boulders and rubblestone. A curved path leads down into the grotto, which includes two rustic arches constructed from rubblestone.

Local climate

Grotto East of Calke Abbey receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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