Grotto About 70 Metres North East of Dancers Hill House is a Grade II listed building in the Hertsmere local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1985. Grotto.
Grotto About 70 Metres North East of Dancers Hill House
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-outpost-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hertsmere
- Constituency
- Hertsmere MP: Sir Oliver Dowden (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1985
- Type
- Grotto
- OS grid reference
- TQ 235 994
- Coordinates
- 51.67993, -0.21414
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The grotto, located about 70 meters northeast of Dancers Hill House, dates from the mid to late 18th century. It is constructed from flint and limestone dry rubble and features an irregularly shaped mound with multiple small openings. The grotto is situated next to a small pond.
Local climate
Grotto About 70 Metres North East of Dancers Hill House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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