Grotto And Rockery Approximately 40 Metres South Of Temple Of Flora is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1986. Grotto, rockery.
Grotto And Rockery Approximately 40 Metres South Of Temple Of Flora
- WRENN ID
- blind-sentry-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 August 1986
- Type
- Grotto, rockery
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
NUNEHAM COURTENAY NUNEHAM PARK SU5498 12/90 Grotto and rockery approx. 40m. S of Temple of Flora
GV II
Grotto and rockery. c.1771, rockery extended probably early C19. Limestone and composition boulders with some brick. Exterior resembles a rocky cliff, and has a central entrance leading to the grotto, a ravine to right ending in a tunnel, and an extensive rockery to left ascended by a narrow serpentine flight of stone steps. To right of the grotto entrance is a small marble plaque with an inscription from Milton. Interior: the grotto has a saucer dome of rough stonework; the tunnel has a brick vault. The grotto was originally larger and included a hand-operated cascade. It formed part of the innovative flower garden designed by the Reverend William Mason, author of "The English Flower Garden", for Lord Nuneham, afterwards the 2nd Earl Harcourt. (Nuneham Park is included in the HBNC County Register of Gardens at Grade I; V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.V, p.234; M. Batey, Nuneham Courtenay, 1970, p.27).
Listing NGR: SU5419398188
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