West Grotto, Dunkeld House, Dunkeld is a Grade B listed building in the Perth and Kinross local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Grotto.
West Grotto, Dunkeld House, Dunkeld
- WRENN ID
- gilded-hammer-dale
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Perth and Kinross
- Constituency
- Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 October 1971
- Type
- Grotto
- OS grid reference
- NO 007 426
- Coordinates
- 56.56555, -3.61595
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
West Grotto at Dunkeld House is a domed elliptical structure dating from 1756. It features gothic arches on the front side that faces the river and is constructed from rustic boulder masonry. The rear part of the grotto is set into an embankment.
Local climate
West Grotto, Dunkeld House, Dunkeld sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 75 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 47 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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