The Hermitage is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 January 1966. Grotto.
The Hermitage
- WRENN ID
- heavy-steeple-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 January 1966
- Type
- Grotto
- Address
- The Hermitage, Tisbury
- OS grid reference
- ST 933 315
- Coordinates
- 51.083, -2.09617
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hermitage is a grotto built in the late 18th century, constructed from rustic tufa limestone. It is a roughly circular, free-standing structure featuring several entrances and niches, as well as small tunnel-like inner chambers. A large ivy plant has now established itself on top of the grotto. The Hermitage is part of a group of fantasy structures located on either side of Fonthill Lake, which includes the Tunnel located 100 meters to the northwest and other grottoes on the opposite side of the lake. These structures were likely built for William Beckford.
Local climate
The Hermitage receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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