GROTTOES, 350 METRES SOUTH WEST OF REAR OF THE CHANTRY
List Entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: GROTTOES, 350 METRES SOUTH WEST OF REAR OF THE CHANTRY
List entry Number: 1345304
Location
GROTTOES, 350 METRES SOUTH WEST OF REAR OF THE CHANTRY
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Somerset
District: Mendip
District Type: District Authority
Parish: Whatley
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II*
Date first listed: 27-Nov-1984
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 266903
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Details
ST74NW WHATLEY CP CHANTRY
3/207 Grottoes, 350 metres South West
of rear of The Chantry
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GV II*
A series of grottoes, niches, caves, and archways forminq a rustic landscape strewn with rocky outcrops; set in the
shallow valley of a stream running into Chantry Pond. Circa 1830 for James Fussell. Local limestone rubble. Salient
feature is the fictive cliff incorporating a series of niches which overlook the scene. Pathways dive in and out of
various features and structures; ruined archway adjoins Chantry Pond. The scene is complimented by surrounding Yew
trees.
Listing NGR: ST7193546603
Selected Sources
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 37 Somerset,
National Grid Reference: ST 71935 46603
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