Queen Adelaides Chapel

SX 45 SW MAKER-WITH-RAME

8/77 Queen Adelaide's Chapel (formerly listed as the Grotto) 23.1.68 GV II

Eyecatcher in the form of a chapel or grotto. 1827/28, built to commemorate the visit of William IV to Mount Edgcumbe. Built on the edge of the cliff and partly cut out of the solid rock; slatestone rubble walls with granite dressings and slate roof. Irregular plan, with tunnel entrance to left and 3-sided chamber to right, forming 3 gabled sides each under separate roof; internal triangular recess in rear, carved out of the cliff. Picturesque Gothic style. Tunnel to left has 4-centre arched entrance to left side; 2 bays long, divided by a buttress and with a diagonal buttress to left end, with string course above buttresses and embattled parapet. The chamber to right has 3 splayed bays to front, each with 4 centred arched opening. Central arch of one plain granite order, outer arches of 2 orders. Each arch has slatestone relieving arch and swept buttress left and right, surmounted by small granite obelisk finials. One obelisk to right of central arch missing. Coped gable over each arch. Wall is returned to rear right, also embattled. Interior The tunnel and the chamber have stone vaulted roofs. To the rear of the chamber, the triangular recess in the rock has bench carved out of the rock, with sockets remaining for fixing wooden seating. Property of Mount Edgcumbe Country Park.

Listing NGR: SX4334551282