Description

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5321 DENTON DENTON HILL
Grotto in garden of
and to west of Denton
House
TM 28 NE 16/7 7.12.59

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Dated 1770. Small grotto in garden of Denton House. Flint front wall with
stone dressings. This facade has low pedimented gable with large flanking
turrets and 3 pointed arches with key blocks.
Inside: an arch leads to a small circular chamber which was possibly added
later. This would accord with the attribution to Stackhouse Thompson who
is said to have collected the shells and coral from the Great Barrier Reef.
The chamber has colonnade supporting a dome encrusted with shells, fossils,
coral, polished stones and mirrors, and has a lantern at top, and niches
in the walls. Red brick exterior walls at rear. Barbara Jones "Follies
and Grottos".

Listing NGR: TM2840486968

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26301594

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)