Arcade Incorporating Grotto Immediately West of Walhampton House is a Grade II listed building in the New Forest National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 May 1987. A C18 Arcade.

Arcade Incorporating Grotto Immediately West of Walhampton House

WRENN ID
waning-pinnacle-plum
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
New Forest National Park
Constituency
New Forest East MP: Sir Julian Lewis (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 May 1987
Type
Arcade
Address
Arcade Incorporating Grotto Immediately West of Walhampton House, B3054, Boldre
OS grid reference
SZ 331 966
Coordinates
50.7685, -1.5318
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building is an arcade that includes a summer dining room and a wall that incorporates an older grotto, located immediately west of Walhampton House. The grotto dates from the 18th century, while the rest of the structure was built in 1914. The arcade features Portland stone columns and an entablature, with the remainder constructed from brick. It connects to the side of the music room and has a 3-meter long section that runs at right angles to the main structure, which is approximately 50 meters long, with the central 20 meters serving as the dining room. The arcade is supported by Doric columns and has an entablature adorned with plain triglyphs and tile-on-edge squares between them, a modillioned cornice, and a low parapet. The dining room features niches on either side, with an overhanging entablature on the columns. At the far end, there is a stage with a rear wall and flanking walls, one of which connects to the arcade. The returns of the flanking walls include a stone archway. Behind the flanking wall of the arcade is the 18th-century grotto, which can be viewed from one of the archways and is decorated with various shell patterns on the walls and the vaulted roof of the room.

Local climate

Arcade Incorporating Grotto Immediately West of Walhampton House receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% 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.

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