The Shell House Approximately 550 Metres to South of Acton Burnell Hall
THE SHELL HOUSE APPROXIMATELY 550 METRES TO SOUTH OF ACTON BURNELL HALL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1055574
- Date first listed:
- 14-May-1986
- List Entry Name:
- The Shell House Approximately 550 Metres to South of Acton Burnell Hall
- Statutory Address:
- THE SHELL HOUSE APPROXIMATELY 550 METRES TO SOUTH OF ACTON BURNELL HALL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1055574
- Date first listed:
- 14-May-1986
- List Entry Name:
- The Shell House Approximately 550 Metres to South of Acton Burnell Hall
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE SHELL HOUSE APPROXIMATELY 550 METRES TO SOUTH OF ACTON BURNELL HALL
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.
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:
- THE SHELL HOUSE APPROXIMATELY 550 METRES TO SOUTH OF ACTON BURNELL HALL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Acton Burnell
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 53471 01432
Details
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
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 259672
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Jones, B, Follies and Grottoes, (1953)
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 35 Shropshire,
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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