The Hermits Cave At North End Of Lake is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1986. Grotto.
The Hermits Cave At North End Of Lake
- WRENN ID
- knotted-tower-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 1986
- Type
- Grotto
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hermits Cave, located at the north end of the lake, is a picturesque grotto built between 1785 and 1787 by Honorable C. Hamilton of Painshill and J. Lane of Tisbury. The cave features cyclopean rockwork, with its interior lined with tufa. The vault of the cave is adorned with ammonites that were collected by the Reverend J. Townsend of Pewsey, a notable geologist who lived from 1738 to 1816.
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