Grotto At Bretton Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Barnsley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1998. Grotto.

Grotto At Bretton Hall

WRENN ID: rough-cupola-sorrel
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Barnsley
Country: England
Date first listed: 9 March 1998
Type: Grotto
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SE 21 SE 1491/1/10003

HIGH HOYLAND PARK LANE (South, off) Grotto at Bretton Hall

Grotto. c1780. Rough dressed stone. Irregular circular plan with central roughly pointed archway and flanking roughly arched windows. INTERIOR has rough stone vault remnants of shell-work decoration culminating in a central pendant. This building forms an important element in the landscape garden which surrounds Bretton Hall and which was built for the Wentworth family.

Listing NGR: SE2796012325

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