Gazebo With Grotto To North East Of The Priory

The gazebo with grotto, located to the north-east of The Priory, dates from the mid to late 18th century. It is constructed of red brick with limestone ashlar dressings, featuring an ashlar chimney and a Welsh slate roof. The grotto entrance is made of tufa limestone. The structure is square in shape, with a grotto beneath that includes an entrance tunnel.

The central doorway is topped with a pediment supported by console brackets and features a bolection moulded architrave, along with a part-glazed door that has a pattern of octagonal and lozenge panes. The building has chamfered quoins and coved eaves adorned with carved enrichment. Each side has a single sash window, also with a bolection moulded architrave and the same patterned glazing. The roof is ogee hipped with a central chimney.

Inside the gazebo, there is a corner fireplace with a bolection moulded and eared architrave, and a floral enriched frieze above. Pointed-arched niches flank the doorway. A round-headed archway leads to the grotto on the terrace level below the gazebo, which is constructed of tufa and includes a tunnel that connects to a room beneath the gazebo. There are 20th-century inserted walls and an iron door.