The Grotto is a Grade II* listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1961. Grotto. 1 related planning application.
The Grotto
- WRENN ID
- eternal-stronghold-rook
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1961
- Type
- Grotto
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SP 9632-9732 WOBURN WOBURN PARK 10/152 23.1.61 The Grotto G V II* Grotto. Circa 1839 for John 6th Duke of Bedford. Random rubble walls of mixed stone types. Small, single-storeyed octagonal structure. Embattled parapet with triangular merlons. Pointed-arched openings to alternate sides. S opening contains part-glazed double doors with ornamental cast iron glazing bars. W and E openings are without glazing, and alterations to lower part of walls indicates they may originally have been doorways. Interior: patterned cobbled floors. Walls and ceiling ornamented with shells, quartz, graphite, etc. the geological speciments brought from Devon and Cornwall. Ceiling is domed, with central stalactite. C Aslet, "Park and Garden Buildings at Woburn", Country Life, April 7th 1983, p.862.
Listing NGR: SP9669032654
Detailed Attributes
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