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Latitude: 52.6087 / 52°36'31"N
Longitude: -2.6885 / 2°41'18"W
OS Eastings: 353471
OS Northings: 301432
OS Grid: SJ534014
Mapcode National: GBR BM.8LT0
Mapcode Global: WH8C7.NPYH
Plus Code: 9C4VJ856+FH
Entry Name: The Shell House Approximately 550 Metres to South of Acton Burnell Hall
Listing Date: 14 May 1986
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1055574
English Heritage Legacy ID: 259672
ID on this website: 101055574
Location: Acton Burnell, Shropshire, SY5
County: Shropshire
Civil Parish: Acton Burnell
Traditional County: Shropshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Shropshire
Church of England Parish: Acton Burnell
Church of England Diocese: Hereford
Tagged with: Building
ACTON BURNELL C.P. ACTON BURNELL PARK
SJ 50 SW
SJ 5345 0142
6/20 The Shell House approx.
- 550 metres to south of
Acton Burnell Hall
- II
Grotto. Said to be circa 1750. Rustic coursed and squared sandstone
with domed roof. Octagonal plan. Pairs of rectangular windows flanking
doorway to north-west. Interior: the upper parts of the walls and the
dome are covered with shells in a radial design with a central boss,
and shell patterns and pictures in the panels; there are Chinese-type
glazed picture tiles on the lower part of the walls and there was
formerly a continuous bench around the walls,and a central table, the
base of which survives. The grotto stands on the north-western slopes
of Acton Burnell Hill within the park of Acton Burnell Hall. Barbara
Jones, Follies and Grottos, Constable, 1953, Pp. 169 and 379.
Listing NGR: SJ5347101432
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