The Hermitage is a Grade I listed building in the West Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1985. Pavilion.
The Hermitage
- WRENN ID
- sombre-arch-owl
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lindsey
- Constituency
- Gainsborough MP: Sir Edward Leigh (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1985
- Type
- Pavilion
- Address
- The Hermitage, Brocklesby
- OS grid reference
- TA 137 105
- Coordinates
- 53.57922, -0.28306
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hermitage is a grade I listed root house dating from the late 18th century. It features red brick walls lined with randomly coursed blocks of tufa and has an octagonal plan with a single storey. The roof is slate with lead dressings, supported by five tree trunk pillars. The entrance consists of two tree pillars that create a pointed archway.
Inside, the walls are lined with smaller branches arranged in a patterned lattice decoration in the Chinese taste, with gaps filled with tree bark. The ceiling is similarly adorned with spokes of rustic poles radiating from the center, where a boss is formed from a large tree bole. The interior includes a rustic table, four monoxylous chairs, and one rustic chair made from a tree bole and branches.
Local climate
The Hermitage receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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