Grotto Shaped Folly to North East of Ship on Shore Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 June 1978. Folly.

Grotto Shaped Folly to North East of Ship on Shore Public House

WRENN ID
western-arch-moth
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Swale
Constituency
Sittingbourne and Sheppey MP: Kevin McKenna (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 June 1978
Type
Folly
Address
Grotto Shaped Folly to North East of Ship on Shore Public House, Marine Parade, Sheerness
OS grid reference
TQ 935 748
Coordinates
51.43997, 0.78348
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The grotto-shaped folly located to the north-east of the Ship on Shore Public House in Marine Town, Sheerness, dates from around 1830. It was constructed by a farmer who discovered a ship's cargo of cement in barrels washed ashore. The barrels, having soaked up seawater, caused the cement to set into barrel-shaped blocks that were used to build the walls of the folly. The structure is a single storey made of cement blocks, flint, and burr bricks, featuring five pointed arches that are now filled in with weatherboarding. The parapet has a series of curves.

Local climate

Grotto Shaped Folly to North East of Ship on Shore Public House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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