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
DONHEAD ST. ANDREW ST 92 NW 4/308
WARDOUR PARK (east side)
Grotto to north east of Old Wardour Castle
GV
II
Grotto. 1792 by Josiah Lane of Tisbury. Tufa limestone. Situated on bank near north east line of bailey wall and approached up flight of wide stone steps, several entrances and rocky niches at different levels, interior with rocky tunnels. Built within the bailey of Old Wardour Castle (q.v.) as part of the landscape scheme to create pleasure gardens at Old Wardour; Richard Woods was employed by Eighth Lord Arundell between 1764 and 1771, Capability Brown worked here from 1773. Also see grottoes at Fonthill (q.v.). (N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England, Wiltshire, 1975; D. Stroud, Capability Brown, 1979)
The asset was previously listed twice also at List entry 1146104. This entry was removed from the List on 19th February 2016.
This entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 22nd February 2016.
Listing NGR: ST9393526383
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