The Grotto At Head Of Happy Valley is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1967. Grotto.
The Grotto At Head Of Happy Valley
- WRENN ID
- rooted-string-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wokingham
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1967
- Type
- Grotto
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Grotto at the head of Happy Valley is an 18th-century grotto. It features a long vaulted gallery that is both cut into and built from chalk, located under a slope at the top of the valley. The outer face of the grotto has a series of six arches. On either side of the grotto are flanking structures made of brick and flint, which were originally designed to represent 'Grecian ruins' but are now in a much more ruinous state. These structures are reputed to have been designed by James Stuart. The grotto was accessed by a tunnel from a point approximately 120 metres to the north, although the entrance to this tunnel has mostly collapsed. It was formerly part of the Park Place estate.
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