Grotto On South Bank Of Hart Burn is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1952. Grotto. 1 related planning application.

Grotto On South Bank Of Hart Burn

WRENN ID
graven-attic-falcon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Country
England
Date first listed
6 May 1952
Type
Grotto
Source
Historic England listing

Description

HARTBURN HARTBURN NZ 08 NE 9/33 Grotto on south bank of Hart Burn 6.5.52 (Formerly listed with Vicarage as grotto) 11 Grotto c.1760 by Dr. Sharpe. Tall circular chamber cut in sandstone cliff, with twin domed niches above. Within chamber, walls of coursed roughly- squared stone to rear (with chamfered pointed arch and two slits above) to left (with similar unchamfered arch) and to right (with fireplace). A low slab-roofed tunnel, now part collapsed, runs from the Grotto to the bank of the stream; this is said to have been constructed to give bathers a covered access to the water.

Listing NGR: NZ0883686532

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