Grotto in Garden to Rear of Leysbourne House is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 June 1983. Grotto.

Grotto in Garden to Rear of Leysbourne House

WRENN ID
wild-copper-heron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cotswold
Constituency
North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 June 1983
Type
Grotto
Address
Grotto in Garden to Rear of Leysbourne House, Chipping Campden
OS grid reference
SP 152 394
Coordinates
52.05354, -1.77902
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The grotto in the garden to the rear of Leysbourne House dates from the 18th century. It is constructed of random rubble and features a random rubble vault. The east side has a roughly lintelled opening, with a haphazard construction above that conceals a tiled roof. The grotto is located within a walled garden behind Leysbourne House.

Local climate

Grotto in Garden to Rear of Leysbourne House receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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