Hermit's Cave in Quarry Face Immediately South West of Spring Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1988. Cave.
Hermit's Cave in Quarry Face Immediately South West of Spring Lodge
- WRENN ID
- tired-granite-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Constituency
- Newton Abbot MP: Martin Wrigley (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1988
- Type
- Cave
- Address
- Hermit's Cave in Quarry Face Immediately South West of Spring Lodge, Kenton
- OS grid reference
- SX 934 828
- Coordinates
- 50.63539, -3.50838
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hermit's Cave is a structure likely dating from the mid to late 18th century, made of red sandstone in a Gothick style. It is a neatly-quarried cave located in the sheer face of a red sandstone quarry, featuring a two-centred arched doorway and a small two-centred arched window on the left side. Inside, the cave has a slightly curved stone roof and a stone bench with a pillow carved out of the rock. Above the bench, there is a cross incised on the wall, along with the possibly punning initials I. BIDGOOD, which are carefully cut into the inner return wall.
Local climate
Hermit's Cave in Quarry Face Immediately South West of Spring Lodge receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings