Grotto at Grotto Spinney is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 July 1994. Grotto.
Grotto at Grotto Spinney
- WRENN ID
- winter-spandrel-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 July 1994
- Type
- Grotto
- Address
- Grotto at Grotto Spinney, Boughton
- OS grid reference
- SP 754 667
- Coordinates
- 52.29358, -0.89444
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Grotto at Grotto Spinney is a structure located in Boughton Park, built around the 1770s for William Wentworth, the second Earl of Stratford. It is made of coursed limestone rubble and is situated under an earth mound. The grotto has a half-hemisphere shape with an open front, constructed over a natural spring. Inside, the walls are made of exposed stone.
Local climate
Grotto at Grotto Spinney sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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