Grotto, Approximately 190 Metres South West of Wilbury House is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 February 1958. Grotto.
Grotto, Approximately 190 Metres South West of Wilbury House
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-cloister-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 February 1958
- Type
- Grotto
- OS grid reference
- SU 220 412
- Coordinates
- 51.16998, -1.68627
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Grotto, located approximately 190 meters south-west of Wilbury House, is an 18th-century structure made of flint. It features a square chamber set into a bank, with a short passage leading to the entrance. Inside, there is a groined vault and brick pointed arches on three sides that open into apsed exedrae. From one of these exedrae, an underground passage curves around and rises to exit in the woods.
Local climate
Grotto, Approximately 190 Metres South West of Wilbury House receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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