Rhubeg Grotto, Midge Lane, Strone is a Grade C listed building in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 May 2006. Grotto.

Rhubeg Grotto, Midge Lane, Strone

WRENN ID
outer-bastion-claret
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park
Constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
4 May 2006
Type
Grotto
OS grid reference
NS 181 809
Coordinates
55.98684, -4.91645
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Rhubeg Grotto, located on Midge Lane in Strone, is a circular garden building from the mid-19th century. It features an exaggerated rubble style similar to the 'Chuckie-stane' gates found nearby. This grotto is a notable example of a garden structure from that period, showcasing a local architectural style. The building is constructed entirely of rubble with a stone roof. At the eaves level, there is a projecting string course that rises to a pediment above the pointed-arch doorway. The materials used include schist and quartz rubble, a timber boarded door, and a leaded window.

Local climate

Rhubeg Grotto, Midge Lane, Strone sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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