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Latitude: 50.9259 / 50°55'33"N
Longitude: -2.6284 / 2°37'42"W
OS Eastings: 355931
OS Northings: 114241
OS Grid: ST559142
Mapcode National: GBR MP.PV7K
Mapcode Global: FRA 56CN.KTY
Plus Code: 9C2VW9GC+9J
Entry Name: The Grotto South West of Barwick House
Listing Date: 27 February 1997
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1257902
English Heritage Legacy ID: 463297
ID on this website: 101257902
Location: Barwick, Somerset, BA22
County: Somerset
District: South Somerset
Town: South Somerset
Civil Parish: Barwick
Traditional County: Somerset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset
Tagged with: Architectural structure
ST51SE BARWICK BARWICK PARK
241-0/5/10000 The Grotto south west of Barwick
House
GV II
Grotto in park of country house. Circa 1770; built for John and Grace Newman of Barwick House, Barwick Park [qv]. Rustic stone rubble. A subterranean grotto at the western end of the lake at Barwick Park. Comprises three chambers, including a small domed entrance chamber to the north, a small barrel-vaulted side chamber to the west of the entrance chamber containing a pool and to the south the large circular domed principal chamber contains a central pool with a path around it; there are three pairs of niches in the walls of the main chamber, from two of the niches issue springs and at the top of the dome there is an occulus. The niches and the entrance and connecting arches are semi-circular and rustic in form and the interior is of exposed rock rubble. The grotto was approached by a `rocky ravine` [Jones, B.] over which there was a rustic arch [Arch immediately south west of Barwick House qv]. SOURCES: Jones, B., Follies and Grottoes, pp 227-30. RCHME report, 13/12/1996. Buildings of England, page 85.
Listing NGR: ST5593114241
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