Grotto to North End of Lake in Claremont Landscape Garden is a Grade II listed building in the Elmbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1969. Grotto.

Grotto to North End of Lake in Claremont Landscape Garden

WRENN ID
tall-attic-gorse
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Elmbridge
Constituency
Esher and Walton MP: Monica Harding (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 May 1969
Type
Grotto
Address
Grotto to North End of Lake in Claremont Landscape Garden, Grotto to South End of Lake in Claremont Landscape Garden, Portsmouth Road
OS grid reference
TQ 129 629
Coordinates
51.35403, -0.37973
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The grotto at the south end of the lake in Claremont Landscape Garden is an early 18th-century structure. It is built from various types of rocks and boulders, with flint and earth infill, standing approximately 20 feet high. The grotto features four arched entrances facing the lakeside and has three rock pinnacles at the top. Inside, there is a roughly arched chamber behind the entrance, which has an earth and stone floor.

Local climate

Grotto to North End of Lake in Claremont Landscape Garden sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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