Grotto To South East Of The Old Mill In Melbourne Hall Gardens is a Grade II* listed building in the South Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1967. A Georgian Garden structure.
Grotto To South East Of The Old Mill In Melbourne Hall Gardens
- WRENN ID
- bitter-hall-sienna
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Derbyshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1967
- Type
- Garden structure
- Period
- Georgian
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SK 38/3925 PARISH OF MELBOURNE CHURCH CLOSE 6/88 (East Side) 10.11.67 Grotto to South East of the Old Mill in Melbourne Hall Gardens GV II* Grotto. Early C19. Red brick covered in tufa, shells and marble. Low segmental headed alcove with small semi-circular headed marble niche to back over a small stone pool. Over the niche is a marble inscription reading 'Rest weary stranger in this shady cave, And taste, if languid, of the mineral wave, There's virtue in the draught, for health that flies, From crowded cities and their smoky skies, Here lends her power from every glade and hill Strength to the breeze' C Lamb. This is a later addition to early C18 garden designed by London and Wise, gardeners to Queen Anne, for Thomas Coke of Melbourne Hall. Included in the Derbyshire Historic Gardens Register at Grade I. See item 6/63 for sources.
Listing NGR: SK3910324845
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