Grotto In The Grounds Of Mahebourg is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1987. Grotto. 2 related planning applications.

Grotto In The Grounds Of Mahebourg

WRENN ID
calm-buttress-hawk
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Country
England
Date first listed
28 August 1987
Type
Grotto
Source
Historic England listing

Description

LUXULYAN LUXULYAN SX 05 NE 7/196 Grotto in the grounds of Mahebourg - II

Grotto. Circa 1780. Granite with shell decoration. A round arch over a seat. The front of the arch is faced with black volcanic pebbles; stone roof, the grotto built against a granite boulder at the rear. The interior has pattern of ormer shells with graded coloured pebbles between in red and black. The seat has a sloping back, with a star pattern in shells and large conch shells along the top of the seat. This grotto was formerly part of the Vicarage garden, (now known as King's Acre (q.v.)) now in a separate property, Mahebourg. In style it resembles the Shell Seat at Mount Edgcumbe Country Park.

Listing NGR: SX0503858193

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