Grotto Approximately 20 Metres West of Belcombe Court and to North of Temple
GROTTO APPROXIMATELY 20 METRES WEST OF BELCOMBE COURT AND TO NORTH OF TEMPLE, BELCOMBE ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1036022
- Date first listed:
- 23-Aug-1974
- List Entry Name:
- Grotto Approximately 20 Metres West of Belcombe Court and to North of Temple
- Statutory Address:
- GROTTO APPROXIMATELY 20 METRES WEST OF BELCOMBE COURT AND TO NORTH OF TEMPLE, BELCOMBE ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1036022
- Date first listed:
- 23-Aug-1974
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 12-Oct-1990
- List Entry Name:
- Grotto Approximately 20 Metres West of Belcombe Court and to North of Temple
- Statutory Address 1:
- GROTTO APPROXIMATELY 20 METRES WEST OF BELCOMBE COURT AND TO NORTH OF TEMPLE, BELCOMBE ROAD
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- GROTTO APPROXIMATELY 20 METRES WEST OF BELCOMBE COURT AND TO NORTH OF TEMPLE, BELCOMBE ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Bradford-on-Avon
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 81702 60641
Details
ST 86 SW BELCOMBE ROAD 5411 (north side)
Grotto approx 30 m W of Belcombe Court and to N of Temple (formerly listed as Grotto in Grounds to W of Belcombe Court)
GV 23.8.74 II
the description shall be amended to read:
Grotto. 1740s for Francis Yerbury. Built of tufa to an irregular plan and shape. Segmental-arched entrance. Two small windows to north. Interior: ammonites to floor; mock stalactites to ceiling; passage to room overlooking pond, which has seats set against walls. Part of the garden bounded by the ha-ha (q.v.) and including the temple (q.v.), garden seat and Gothick cottage (q.v.: situated to W of ha-ha) which Francis Yerbury created to the west of Belcombe Court (q.v.) in the 1740s: situated to north of pond.
------------------------------------ 1. BELCOMBE ROAD 5411 (North Side)
Grotto in Grounds to West of Belcombe Court
ST 86 SW 6/116D 18.4.52.
II GV
2. Close to the lake and the Temple. Possibly C18. Irregularly-shaped rocky eminence. Segmental arched entrance.
Belcombe Court forms an important group with the Temple, Stables, Barn, Grotto and Cottage to the west.
Listing NGR: ST8170260641
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 312502
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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