Description

BICTON BICTON PARK
SY 08 NE
3/12 Shell House including rockery
- to south-west
GV II
Grotto and rockery. Early C19. Limestone containing a high proportion of flint.
Rustic grotto: a small circular room facing south-west and overlooking a rockery
arranged around a small circular pond with a fountain. it is built of massive
irregular lumps of stone with a rough projecting eaves cornice and rustically
embattled parapet. The front contains a flat arch containing a plain plank door
with overlight. Inside the walls are plastered and lined with shelves containing and
collection of exotic shells. The rockery is made of densely-packed large blocks of
stone, similarly roughtly-finished, forming a symmetrically planned garden with paths
and a central pond with a cast iron fountain.
The Shell House is set in a beautiful landscaped park and forms part of a group of
fine listed buildings such as the Orangery (q.v.), the Palm House (q.v.) and features
of the Italianate Gardens (q.v.) not to mention the Church of St Mary (q.v.) and the
Rolle obelisk (q.v.) which were also part of the scheme.

Listing NGR: SY0736785864

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26389802

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990