The Grotto Approximately 170 Metres To South East Of The Durdans is a Grade II listed building in the Epsom and Ewell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1986. Grotto.

The Grotto Approximately 170 Metres To South East Of The Durdans

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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Epsom and Ewell
Country
England
Date first listed
4 July 1986
Type
Grotto
Source
Historic England listing

Description

EPSOM 1. 5385 WOODCOTE END (east side, off) The Grotto approx. 170 metres to south-east of the Durdans TQ 2059 34/788 II

  1. Grotto. Probably early C18. Earth-covered brick and flint. Set in mound, round archway gives access to domed grotto inside which are arched, coved, statue niches. Celia Fiennes described a grotto at Durdans c. 1712 "an arch entirely dark, but at the entrance it is so large as 6 arched seates, and between carv'd stone very fine of all sorts of flowers figures fruites, the pillars or peers pretty broad" (p 235). Christopher Morris Macdonald & Co, eds, The Illustrated journeys of Celia Fiennes 1685-1712.

Listing NGR: TQ2089359302

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