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Latitude: 50.8746 / 50°52'28"N
Longitude: -0.7408 / 0°44'26"W
OS Eastings: 488695
OS Northings: 109099
OS Grid: SU886090
Mapcode National: GBR DGF.5HV
Mapcode Global: FRA 96BS.H7G
Plus Code: 9C2XV7F5+RM
Entry Name: Shell Grotto at the Dell to North of Goodwood House
Listing Date: 9 October 2000
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1389308
English Heritage Legacy ID: 487943
ID on this website: 101389308
Location: Chichester, West Sussex, PO18
County: West Sussex
District: Chichester
Civil Parish: Westhampnett
Traditional County: Sussex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Sussex
Church of England Parish: Westhampnett St Peter
Church of England Diocese: Chichester
Tagged with: Architectural structure
SU 80 NE
1080/13/10033
09-OCT-00
WESTHAMPNETT
GOODWOOD PARK
Shell grotto at the Dell to north of Goodwood House
GV
II
Garden feature. Circa 1730, for the second Duke of Richmond.
Brick, set in earth bank, with applied shell and pebble cladding and lining (much decayed). Vaulted chamber. Wide round-arched entrance with raised keystone. Interior: blocked circular roof lights; later opening in rear wall; patterned panels discernible.
This is one of several structures set around the bowl of a man-made amphitheatre and all of which were constructed circa 1730 for the second Duke of Richmond as part of his renowned menagerie.
T J McCann, "Much troubled with very rude company...". The 2nd Duke of Richmond's Menagerie at Goodwood", Sussex Archaeological Collections, 132 (1994), pp. 143-9.
Listing NGR: SU8869509099
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