Grotto, Approximately 450 Metres South East of Packington Hall is a Grade II listed building in the North Warwickshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 March 1988. A 18th century Grotto.
Grotto, Approximately 450 Metres South East of Packington Hall
- WRENN ID
- hushed-buttress-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Warwickshire
- Constituency
- North Warwickshire and Bedworth MP: Rachel Taylor (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 March 1988
- Type
- Grotto
- Period
- 18th century
- OS grid reference
- SP 226 836
- Coordinates
- 52.45074, -1.66818
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Grotto, located approximately 450 metres southeast of Packington Hall, dates from the mid-18th century. It features a coursed sandstone opening that leads to a brick-lined tunnel connected to the Great Pool. The opening is adorned with rusticated stone, and there is a retaining wall on one side. This structure may have been designed by Capability Brown during the landscaping of the gardens around 1750-1751.
Local climate
Grotto, Approximately 450 Metres South East of Packington Hall receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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