Grotto at Hayne
GROTTO AT HAYNE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1105527
- Date first listed:
- 07-Nov-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Grotto at Hayne
- Statutory Address:
- GROTTO AT HAYNE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1105527
- Date first listed:
- 07-Nov-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Grotto at Hayne
- Statutory Address 1:
- GROTTO AT HAYNE
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:
- GROTTO AT HAYNE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- West Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Stowford
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 41913 86749
Details
SX 48 NW STOWFORD
3/275 Grotto at Hayne -
GV II Grotto. Early C19. Stone rubble, roof may have been formerly thatched. Rectangular plan. Single storey. The front wall rises as an irregular rustic stone screen wall with an asymmetrical profile. Simple round-headed entrances on the front and the left return. Interior Walls and roof entirely studded with shells. Niches to the walls, groin vaulted roof. In the early C19 Hayne was the site of some consciously antique ceremonials recorded by J.B. Wollocombe in his history of Stowford parish. A quarry in a part of the grounds known as "the Wilderness" was adapted as a picturesque meeting room for the local hunt and a stretch of ground to the south east of the house is said to have been used for archery. J.B. Wollocombe From Morn till Eve
Listing NGR: SX4191386749
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 92516
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Wollocombe, J, From Morn till Eve, ()
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 11 Devon,
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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