Grotto South of Clandon Park is a Grade II listed building in the Guildford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1967. Grotto, bath house. 1 related planning application.
Grotto South of Clandon Park
- WRENN ID
- late-lead-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Guildford
- Constituency
- Guildford MP: Zöe Franklin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1967
- Type
- Grotto, bath house
- Address
- Grotto South of Clandon Park, West Clandon
- OS grid reference
- TQ 042 511
- Coordinates
- 51.24997, -0.50761
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Grotto and Bath House, located south of Clandon Park, was designed around 1776 by Capability Brown. It is constructed from flint rubble with brick interior dressings and decorative patterning. The structure features a central range with a pediment, flanked by lower, curved retaining walls on either side of an elliptical arch, which is adorned with "rustic" voussoirs at the front. Inside, there is a vaulted roof with six arched niches along the walls, which are finished with tile and flint voussoirs and have splayed sides. A bath is located at the center rear of the grotto.
Local climate
Grotto South of Clandon Park sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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