Entrance to Tunnel and Grotto in the Gardens of Temple Guiting House is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1985. Grotto, tunnel entrance.

Entrance to Tunnel and Grotto in the Gardens of Temple Guiting House

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cotswold
Constituency
North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 January 1985
Type
Grotto, tunnel entrance
OS grid reference
SP 093 278
Coordinates
51.94906, -1.86576
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The entrance to the tunnel and grotto in the gardens of Temple Guiting House dates from around 1790 to 1805 and is likely the work of George Talbot, who is associated with Temple Guiting House. The structure features two arched entrances made of large, undressed limestone rubble. The entrance on the right leads into a below-ground tunnel that follows the path of a former road, which has since been diverted.

Local climate

Entrance to Tunnel and Grotto in the Gardens of Temple Guiting House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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