Grotto To North East Of Old Wardour Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1987. Grotto.
Grotto To North East Of Old Wardour Castle
- WRENN ID
- seventh-cellar-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1987
- Type
- Grotto
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The grotto located to the northeast of Old Wardour Castle was built in 1792 by Josiah Lane of Tisbury. Constructed from tufa limestone, it is situated on a bank near the northeast line of the bailey wall and is accessed via a wide flight of stone steps. The grotto features several entrances and rocky niches at different levels, with an interior that includes rocky tunnels. It was created as part of a landscape scheme to develop pleasure gardens at Old Wardour, with Richard Woods working on the project for the Eighth Lord Arundell between 1764 and 1771, followed by Capability Brown from 1773.
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