Clumber Cascade, Main Lake, Clumber Park is a Grade II* listed building in the Bassetlaw local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1967. Ornamental cascade.
Clumber Cascade, Main Lake, Clumber Park
- WRENN ID
- ancient-joist-vale
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Bassetlaw
- Constituency
- Bassetlaw MP: Jo White (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 1967
- Type
- Ornamental cascade
- Address
- Clumber Cascade, Main Lake, Clumber Park, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, Clumber and Hardwick, S80 3BE
- OS grid reference
- SK 621 739
- Coordinates
- 53.25874, -1.06915
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Clumber Cascade is an ornamental cascade and weir built around 1763-1765, likely by Stephen Wright for the First Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme, with alterations from the late 18th century and early 19th century.
The cascade is situated within Clumber Park, which is registered at Grade I, and is located approximately 120 meters northeast of Clumber Bridge, a Grade II structure, and 25 meters west of The Grotto, also a Grade II site. It is oriented on a roughly northeast to southwest axis and features a 37-meter long curvilinear stone bank that is divided by an artificial island measuring about 20 meters long and 9 meters wide. The structure is made from limestone sourced from Roche Abbey and Cresswell Crags.
The cascade consists of a foundation made of individual blocks of roughly squared limestone, topped with larger weathered limestone blocks, giving it a naturalistic look and an average height of about 1.5 meters. In the center of the cascade, there is an artificial island formed from rocks, which is covered with earth and vegetation. A short rocky promontory extends from the main cascade near the western side of the island.
Local climate
Clumber Cascade, Main Lake, Clumber Park sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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