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Latitude: 51.0813 / 51°4'52"N
Longitude: -2.0914 / 2°5'28"W
OS Eastings: 393695
OS Northings: 131330
OS Grid: ST936313
Mapcode National: GBR 2Y6.02Z
Mapcode Global: FRA 66H8.C1W
Plus Code: 9C3V3WJ5+GF
Entry Name: Grottoes on East Side of Fonthill Lake, South of the Landing Stage
Listing Date: 6 January 1966
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1146024
English Heritage Legacy ID: 321012
ID on this website: 101146024
Location: Wiltshire, SP3
County: Wiltshire
Civil Parish: Tisbury
Traditional County: Wiltshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Wiltshire
Church of England Parish: Tisbury St John the Baptist
Church of England Diocese: Salisbury
Tagged with: Grotto
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
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