Grotto And Bridge Adjacent To East Of No 71 (The Tower House) is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1987. Grotto.
Grotto And Bridge Adjacent To East Of No 71 (The Tower House)
- WRENN ID
- winding-flagstone-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1987
- Type
- Grotto
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
ST33NE 9/23
CHILTON POLDEN CP BROADWAY (North side) Grotto and bridge adjacent to east of No 71 (The Tower House)
GV II
Grotto. Early C19 by William Stradling. Rubble and tufa. Pair of small connected vaulted chambers, the floors set slightly below ground level; earth banked up around the chambers with retaining walls, forming an irregular oblong mound. Roof of one chamber rises to a cylindrical rubble ventilator with narrow openings in stone surrounds; 3 entrances with steps down. East chamber with romantic text on a marble slab. To east end of mound a mock pagan altar formed of 4 large stone slabs. Entrance to north across a causeway between 2 ponds, small rubble bridge with rough-hewn abutments.
Listing NGR: ST3777339815
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