The Grotto At Upper Pond The Shell Grotto is a Grade II listed building in the Waverley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1960. Grotto.

The Grotto At Upper Pond The Shell Grotto

WRENN ID: gentle-alcove-fen
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Waverley
Country: England
Date first listed: 9 March 1960
Type: Grotto
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SU 94SE BUSBRIDGE C.P. HAMBLEDON ROAD

4/96 The Grotto at Upper 9/3/60 Pond (The Shell Grotto)

GV II

Grotto. C18. Dry stone rubble with some blocks and some ironstone. Built into earthern bank and covered with soil. Central arched entrance with flanking panels to sides, once shell decorated. Segmental top to front with heart-shaped panel. Interior:- Shell lined, vaulted chamber. Initialled "H.H.E." and with date of 1810. Rectangular trough to end. One of a series garden ornaments in a Romantic Landscape created by Philip Cartaret Webb in c.1750-1770. Noted in the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England - Part 40 (Surrey) II*.

PEVSNER: BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND, SURREY (1971) p.125.

Listing NGR: SU9776541865

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