Grotto is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1985. Grotto.

Grotto

WRENN ID: muted-crypt-sunrise
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Buckinghamshire
Country: England
Date first listed: 26 February 1985
Type: Grotto
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SP 61 NE WOTTON UNDERWOOD WOTTON HOUSE

3/178 Grotto

Small grotto. Circa 1757-60 with C19 alterations. Feature of landscape garden by Capability Brown. Brick, partly covered by earth mound. Square chamber, the inner walls plastered and inset with shells, fossils, quartz and tufa. Vault missing. Front originally had stone facing, fragments of which remain on site. Front now has short curved flanking walls of brick faced with flint, probably C19. On island.

Listing NGR: SP6854116191

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