Description

ACTON BURNELL C.P. ACTON BURNELL PARK
SJ 50 SW
SJ 5345 0142
6/20 The Shell House approx.
- 550 metres to south of
Acton Burnell Hall
- II
Grotto. Said to be circa 1750. Rustic coursed and squared sandstone
with domed roof. Octagonal plan. Pairs of rectangular windows flanking
doorway to north-west. Interior: the upper parts of the walls and the
dome are covered with shells in a radial design with a central boss,
and shell patterns and pictures in the panels; there are Chinese-type
glazed picture tiles on the lower part of the walls and there was
formerly a continuous bench around the walls,and a central table, the
base of which survives. The grotto stands on the north-western slopes
of Acton Burnell Hill within the park of Acton Burnell Hall. Barbara
Jones, Follies and Grottos, Constable, 1953, Pp. 169 and 379.

Listing NGR: SJ5347101432

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26307233

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