Small Grotto Below Temple of Flora is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. Grotto.
Small Grotto Below Temple of Flora
- WRENN ID
- gentle-lancet-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Grotto
- Address
- Small Grotto Below Temple of Flora, Stourton with Gasper
- OS grid reference
- ST 774 340
- Coordinates
- 51.10499, -2.32399
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The small grotto below the Temple of Flora in Stourton with Gasper is a Grade II listed structure built in 1744 by Henry Flitcroft. It features a rustic limestone segmental arched recess that was originally part of a larger design, which included a statue of a River God by Thomas Manning, purchased in 1743 and set above a cascade. Flitcroft's design was created before the water level was raised to form the lake, which resulted in the cascade being submerged and the statue likely removed around 1754. This grotto, along with the Temple of Flora, was Henry Hoare's first contribution to the gardens.
Local climate
Small Grotto Below Temple of Flora receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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