GROTTO AT SJ 7756 0290 is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. Grotto.

GROTTO AT SJ 7756 0290

WRENN ID
inner-mortar-wax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Country
England
Type
Grotto
Source
Historic England listing

Description

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 09/03/2017

SJ 70 SE 5/41

BECKBURY CP CAYNTON ROAD Grotto at SJ 7756 0290

II Cave/grotto. Probably late C18 or early C19, but undatable. Hollowed out of rock in side of disused quarry, approached by very small unmarked entrance. Plan, apparently irregular ambulatories opening into inner sanctuaries. Columns left by excavation as cylinders with bases and capitals (and occasional anuulets); neo-Norman decoration to bays between columns, one neo-Norman doorway with beak-heads and roll moulding; decorative quatrefoils and designs abound.

Listing NGR: SJ7756102887

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