Canal-Head Grotto is a Grade II listed building in the Redbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 1954. Grotto.
Canal-Head Grotto
- WRENN ID
- stony-groin-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Redbridge
- Constituency
- Ilford North MP: Wes Streeting (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 April 1954
- Type
- Grotto
- Address
- Canal-Head Grotto, Valentines Park
- OS grid reference
- TQ 433 880
- Coordinates
- 51.57339, 0.06701
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Canal-head grotto is an early 18th-century structure featuring a brick core with stone and flint rustication, along with some shell work. It has a central arch flanked by two lower arches and is located at the head of a long formal canal, concealing a reservoir behind it. This grotto is part of the formal garden layout from the early 18th century. Valentines Park, where the grotto is situated, is listed in the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens at grade II.
Local climate
Canal-Head Grotto sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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