Tunnel Entrance 75 Metres South of Chinese Garden is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1987. Garden building.

Tunnel Entrance 75 Metres South of Chinese Garden

WRENN ID
shadowed-truss-briar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Staffordshire Moorlands
Constituency
Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 November 1987
Type
Garden building
OS grid reference
SJ 892 590
Coordinates
53.12889, -2.16238
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The tunnel entrance, located 75 meters south of the Chinese Garden at Biddulph Grange, is an ornamental garden building constructed between 1848 and 1860 by John Bateman. It features random coursed rock-faced natural boulders that create a roughly-arched tunnel entry, with side walls made of coursed vaulting. The structure stands 2 meters high and stretches 12 meters long, following a curved layout. The arched entry to the south is designed to resemble clasped hands at the keystone. This tunnel is part of the perimeter walk from the main house through the pinetum, leading to the Tea House. It is integrated into the landscaping of the Chinese Garden, which includes the mounding of large imported local boulders.

Local climate

Tunnel Entrance 75 Metres South of Chinese Garden receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% 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 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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