Wall and Garden Grotto to Duke of Wellington Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Guildford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 November 1985. Grotto.

Wall and Garden Grotto to Duke of Wellington Public House

WRENN ID
brooding-loft-crow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Guildford
Constituency
Guildford MP: Zöe Franklin (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 November 1985
Type
Grotto
Address
Wall and Garden Grotto to Duke of Wellington Public House, Epsom Road, East Horsley
OS grid reference
TQ 094 526
Coordinates
51.26269, -0.4323
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The wall and garden grotto to the Duke of Wellington Public House was built in 1861 by the Lovelace Estate. It features flint rubble with brick dressings and decorative elements. The wall is approximately 2½ feet high and curves around to the grotto at the left end. There is an arcaded band at the front of the wall, which is topped with dentilled and D-section coping. The grotto, located at the rear left, is half octagonal with four angled faces, a flat entrance face, and a slate roof. Narrow brick-edged breathers are present on the angled sides, and there is a brick dentil band of alternating billet type at the eaves. The arched entrance is made of rubbed and glazed brick with a roll-moulded surround. This structure is included for its group value.

Local climate

Wall and Garden Grotto to Duke of Wellington Public 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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