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Latitude: 51.1677 / 51°10'3"N
Longitude: -0.6034 / 0°36'12"W
OS Eastings: 497740
OS Northings: 141866
OS Grid: SU977418
Mapcode National: GBR FD8.Q8H
Mapcode Global: VHFVT.HXC7
Plus Code: 9C3X599W+3J
Entry Name: The Grotto at Upper Pond the Shell Grotto
Listing Date: 9 March 1960
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1261170
English Heritage Legacy ID: 438205
ID on this website: 101261170
Location: Waverley, Surrey, GU7
County: Surrey
District: Waverley
Civil Parish: Busbridge
Traditional County: Surrey
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Surrey
Church of England Parish: Busbridge
Church of England Diocese: Guildford
Tagged with: Architectural structure
SU 94SE BUSBRIDGE C.P. HAMBLEDON ROAD
4/96 The Grotto at Upper
9/3/60 Pond (The Shell
Grotto)
GV II
Grotto. C18. Dry stone rubble with some blocks and some ironstone. Built into
earthern bank and covered with soil. Central arched entrance with flanking panels
to sides, once shell decorated. Segmental top to front with heart-shaped panel.
Interior:- Shell lined, vaulted chamber. Initialled "H.H.E." and with date of 1810.
Rectangular trough to end. One of a series garden ornaments in a Romantic
Landscape created by Philip Cartaret Webb in c.1750-1770. Noted in the Register of
Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England - Part 40 (Surrey)
II*.
PEVSNER: BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND, SURREY (1971) p.125.
Listing NGR: SU9776541865
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