Description

HARTBURN HARTBURN
NZ 08 NE
9/33 Grotto on south bank
of Hart Burn
6.5.52 (Formerly listed with
Vicarage as grotto)
11
Grotto c.1760 by Dr. Sharpe. Tall circular chamber cut in sandstone cliff,
with twin domed niches above. Within chamber, walls of coursed roughly-
squared stone to rear (with chamfered pointed arch and two slits above) to
left (with similar unchamfered arch) and to right (with fireplace). A low
slab-roofed tunnel, now part collapsed, runs from the Grotto to the bank of
the stream; this is said to have been constructed to give bathers a covered
access to the water.

Listing NGR: NZ0883686532

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26294021

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)