Grottoes on East Side of Fonthill Lake, South of the Landing Stage
GROTTOES ON EAST SIDE OF FONTHILL LAKE, SOUTH OF THE LANDING STAGE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1146024
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jan-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Grottoes on East Side of Fonthill Lake, South of the Landing Stage
- Statutory Address:
- GROTTOES ON EAST SIDE OF FONTHILL LAKE, SOUTH OF THE LANDING STAGE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1146024
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jan-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Grottoes on East Side of Fonthill Lake, South of the Landing Stage
- Statutory Address 1:
- GROTTOES ON EAST SIDE OF FONTHILL LAKE, SOUTH OF THE LANDING STAGE
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:
- GROTTOES ON EAST SIDE OF FONTHILL LAKE, SOUTH OF THE LANDING STAGE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Tisbury
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 93695 31330
Details
TISBURY FONTHILL PARK ST 93 SW (south side)
1/223 Grottoes on east side of Fonthill Lake, south of the Landing Stage 6.1.66 GV II
Grottoes. Circa 1790, probably by Josiah Lane of Tisbury, for William Beckford. Limestone. Two main groups of grotto, the lower group on the edge of the lake with a low entrance partly under water and several higher entrances from the bank; rocky structure with niches at different levels and tunnels between the entrances to large central chamber with former cascade to rear. A second group of grottoes higher up the bank have several entrances at different levels to rocky tunnels and central chamber with ovoid ashlar-lined bowl, probably originally to hold a reservoir to supply the cascade of the lower grotto. Josiah Lane of Tisbury was an important builder of grottoes for country estates in Wiltshire, also see the grotto at Wardour (q.v.) and at Stourhead (q.v.).
Listing NGR: ST9369531330
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 321012
- 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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