Grotto at Peterscourt (25 Metres to East South East of House) is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1984. A C18 Grotto.
Grotto at Peterscourt (25 Metres to East South East of House)
- WRENN ID
- open-courtyard-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1984
- Type
- Grotto
- OS grid reference
- TL 297 238
- Coordinates
- 51.89852, -0.11532
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Grotto at Peterscourt, located 25 meters to the east-southeast of the house, is an early 19th-century grotto-maze that incorporates a 18th-century red brick structure at its northwest corner. The grotto features brick-kiln wasters and stucco, and it is covered in ivy. It is open at the top and consists of a large maze with winding passages and chambers, which include pools and a central viewing mound. The entire structure is built of grotto-work and is enclosed by high brick walls. Notably, there is stonework from a mullioned window set in the wall near the gated entrance on the west side.
Local climate
Grotto at Peterscourt (25 Metres to East South East of House) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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