Gazebo with Grotto to North East of the Priory is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1986. Gazebo, grotto.
Gazebo with Grotto to North East of the Priory
- WRENN ID
- odd-ashlar-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 December 1986
- Type
- Gazebo, grotto
- Address
- Gazebo with Grotto to North East of the Priory, Long Street, Dursley
- OS grid reference
- ST 759 983
- Coordinates
- 51.68308, -2.34915
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gazebo with grotto, located to the north-east of The Priory, dates from the mid to late 18th century. It is constructed of red brick with limestone ashlar dressings, featuring an ashlar chimney and a Welsh slate roof. The grotto entrance is made of tufa limestone. The structure is square in shape, with a grotto beneath that includes an entrance tunnel.
The central doorway is topped with a pediment supported by console brackets and features a bolection moulded architrave, along with a part-glazed door that has a pattern of octagonal and lozenge panes. The building has chamfered quoins and coved eaves adorned with carved enrichment. Each side has a single sash window, also with a bolection moulded architrave and the same patterned glazing. The roof is ogee hipped with a central chimney.
Inside the gazebo, there is a corner fireplace with a bolection moulded and eared architrave, and a floral enriched frieze above. Pointed-arched niches flank the doorway. A round-headed archway leads to the grotto on the terrace level below the gazebo, which is constructed of tufa and includes a tunnel that connects to a room beneath the gazebo. There are 20th-century inserted walls and an iron door.
Local climate
Gazebo with Grotto to North East of the Priory 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 greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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