Crowsley Park, Grotto Approximately 320 Metres South East of House is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1985. Grotto.
Crowsley Park, Grotto Approximately 320 Metres South East of House
- WRENN ID
- pale-steeple-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 1985
- Type
- Grotto
- OS grid reference
- SU 728 795
- Coordinates
- 51.51033, -0.95114
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Crowsley Park Grotto, located approximately 320 metres southeast of the house, is a Grade II listed structure dating from the early 18th century. It is built of flint and has a single cell plan. The grotto features a central recessed doorway with a pointed arch made of flint, and above this is a flat brick band with a "ruined" top that includes a central flat recess flanked by shallow niches with round heads. The interior, which is built into the hill, consists of a single room with arched recesses in the side walls and a niche in the end wall. The ceiling is rib-vaulted on corbel heads.
Local climate
Crowsley Park, Grotto Approximately 320 Metres South East of House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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