The Hermitage is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 January 1966. Grotto.

The Hermitage

WRENN ID: heavy-steeple-river
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Wiltshire
Country: England
Date first listed: 6 January 1966
Type: Grotto
Source: Historic England listing

Description

TISBURY FONTHILL PARK ST 93 SW (south side) ST 933 315 1/224 The Hermitage 6.1.66 GV II

Grotto. Late C18. Rustic tufa limestone. Roughly circular free- standing structure with several entrances and niches, small tunnel- like inner chambers. Large ivy now established on top. One of a group of fantasy structures on either side of Fonthill Lake, together with the Tunnel (q.v.) 100 metres to north-west and the grottoes (q.v.) on opposite side of the lake, all probably built for William Beckford.

Listing NGR: ST9336031525

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