Grotto in Centre of North-East Garden Wall of Manor Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1975. Grotto.

Grotto in Centre of North-East Garden Wall of Manor Farm

WRENN ID
high-gargoyle-stoat
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Constituency
Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 August 1975
Type
Grotto
Address
Grotto in Centre of North-East Garden Wall of Manor Farm, Church Street
OS grid reference
ST 760 638
Coordinates
51.37319, -2.3458
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The grotto, likely built in the mid-18th century, is a square stone structure set into the northeast garden wall of Manor Farm. It features an arched opening with rough voussoirs that faces into the garden. The grotto is primarily constructed from tufa blocks and has rough coping on the edges. Inside, there is a transverse barrel vault made of cut stone, a large ashlar niche in the rear wall, and a blocked doorway with a rough arched head on the right side. The floor is made of stone flags. This grotto is part of the works associated with Widcombe Manor.

Local climate

Grotto in Centre of North-East Garden Wall of Manor Farm receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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