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Latitude: 51.452 / 51°27'7"N
Longitude: -2.6138 / 2°36'49"W
OS Eastings: 357441
OS Northings: 172736
OS Grid: ST574727
Mapcode National: GBR C3L.VB
Mapcode Global: VH88M.NR0R
Plus Code: 9C3VF92P+RF
Entry Name: Grotto Approximately 85 Metres South of Goldney House
Listing Date: 8 January 1959
Last Amended: 30 December 1994
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1202104
English Heritage Legacy ID: 379242
ID on this website: 101202104
Location: Clifton Wood, Bristol, BS8
County: City of Bristol
Electoral Ward/Division: Clifton
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Bristol
Traditional County: Gloucestershire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Bristol
Church of England Parish: Clifton Holy Trinity with St Andrew the Less and St Peter
Church of England Diocese: Bristol
Tagged with: Grotto
BRISTOL
ST5772NW CLIFTON HILL, Clifton
901-1/14/787 (South side)
08/01/59 Grotto approximately 85 metres south
of Goldney House
(Formerly Listed as:
CLIFTON HILL
(South side)
Grotto at Goldney House)
GV I
Grotto. 1737-64, dated 1739. Limestone ashlar, decorated
inside with shells, quartz and rock crystal - 'Bristol
diamonds'. Ashlar entrance has a 2-centred arched doorway with
2-panel door, similar flanking windows with trefoil heads, and
octofoil central window above, all with hoodmoulds with
uncarved stops. INTERIOR: a very fine pillared hall with
fountains, rock pool, statue of Neptune and a Lion's Den.
HISTORICAL NOTE: In 1762-5 Thomas Paty was employed in
"grinding, gooping and laying" tiles in the Grotto at Goldney
House: '...surpasses all the English (grotto) examples in the
imagination and fantasy used in the selection and combination
of shells and stones' (Gomme).
(Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural
History: Bristol: 1979-: 163; The Buildings of England:
Pevsner N: North Somerset and Bristol: London: 1958-: 447;
Colvin H: A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects
1600-1840: London: 1978-: 626).
Listing NGR: ST5744172736
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