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Latitude: 50.9023 / 50°54'8"N
Longitude: -1.9523 / 1°57'8"W
OS Eastings: 403448
OS Northings: 111422
OS Grid: SU034114
Mapcode National: GBR 41T.C7H
Mapcode Global: FRA 66SQ.C7M
Plus Code: 9C2WW22X+W3
Entry Name: Grotto 250 Metres South East of St Giles House
Listing Date: 3 April 1986
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1120131
English Heritage Legacy ID: 107446
ID on this website: 101120131
Location: Wimborne St Giles, Dorset, BH21
County: Dorset
Civil Parish: Wimborne St. Giles
Traditional County: Dorset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset
Church of England Parish: Wimborne St Giles
Church of England Diocese: Salisbury
Tagged with: Grotto
WIMBORNE ST GILES SU 0311 ST GILES HOUSE
13/111 Grotto 250m south-east of St Giles House
II*
Grotto, 1750s by Castles of Marylebone. Flint and rubble with tiled and slated roof. Overgrown and in a state of dereliction so that much of the structure is hidden. Positioned so that the structure appears to be the source of a spring feeding the ornamental lake. Three rounded arches, the central one leading into the main grotto and the outer ones leading into subsidiary compartments. The main grotto which cannot now be easily entered has walls lined with shells, fossils, coral and stone mounted on a lathe and plaster vault, partially collapsed. It consists of 2 chambers the innermost of which is said to contain a C19 tiled floor and fireplace. The subsidiary compartments contain flints suspended from iron hooks. Main grotto has a plank door. An important example of this type of grotto but now in a state of considerable disrepair. (RCHM, Dorset, vol V, p 97, no. 6. Newman, J and Pevsner, N. The Buildings of England: Dorset, 1972, p 473. Jones, B, Follies and Grottoes, 1953, p 47-9).
Listing NGR: SU0344811422
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