Description

NORTH NIBLEY STANCOMBE PARK
ST 7396 at
NGR ST 73879694
8/124 Two tunnels and lakeside grotto
II

Tunnel beneath former driveway. Tunnel under pathway leading to
lakeside grotto. c1860 for Rev. David Edwards. Ashlar and
roughly hewn marlstone; brick-lined tunnels. Short straight
tunnel under driveway. Longer tunnel under pathway dividing either
side of lakeside grotto. Entrances to north tunnel and north
entrance of longer tunnel are round-arched in ashlar marlstone.
At division of tunnels a small slit gives view into narrow end of
grotto which widens out towards lake's edge; grotto contains
sequence of small rock pools with running water. Southern
entrances are formed by large marlstone blocks used in a
naturalistic manner. Just within northern entrance of longer
tunnel a niche to one side containing a carved lion statue,
somewhat Chinese-looking. One of a sequence of features in the
very extensive Regency and early Victorian landscaped park and
pleasure garden.
(B. Jones, Follies and Grottoes, 1974; and D. Verey,
Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds, 1979.)

Listing NGR: ST7387496954

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26578627

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