Description

TL 1444 OLD WARDEN THE SWISS GARDEN

11/176 The Grotto and Fernery
11.10.73

- II*

Grotto and fernery. Early 1830's for 3rd Lord Ongley, entrance gables rebuilt
by Shuttleworth family and dated 1876. The grotto is of mottled red brick and
has clay tile roofs with ridge cresting. The fernery has base of same brick,
supporting mainly glass and cast iron structure (ironwork produced 1830-33 by
Barwell swaggers Eagle Foundry, Northants). Cruciform plan, grotto running
roughly N-S, fernery W-E, grotto with gabled roof, the fernery a vaulted
glasshouse, with an iron and glass dome at the intersection. The grotto is
lined with tufa stone to give'a cave-like appearance, and has a lancet window
to the all of each wing opposite a niche, possibly originally intended for
statuary. The later entrance gables have round-headed archways and glazed
doors. The 2 fernery wings are each supported internally by a pair of slender
cast iron pillars, and each have a circular stained glass panel to the end
wall. The central dome is topped by a lantern with a conical roof and ball
finial.

Listing NGR: TL1492144703

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17551217

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)