The Cave

The Cave is a notable structure built between 1750 and 1752, forming part of Sir Francis Dashwood's 18th-century landscape design that includes the surrounding park and hillsides. It features U-shaped retaining walls made of flint rubble, which create the entrance to manmade caves that extend for about a quarter of a mile beneath the hill. The yard is partly hidden by a modern wooden hut that occupies one third to half of the yard area. The walls are adorned with gables and pinnacles, and they include both round and pointed arched niches. There is a pointed arched doorway leading into the caves, which are believed to have been the site of meetings for the infamous Hell-Fire Club.