Description

ST 46 NE BROCKLEY BROCKLEY LANE
Grotto and entrances flanking
24/4D and below road about fifty
metres north-east of Brockley
Hall.

GV II

Grotto and entrances. c1800. Rubble, dashed stucco, freestone. A tunnel linking
main garden to decorative walled garden. A sinuous ramp descends between dry
stone walls, it is flanked at ground level by a pair of sphynxes, a segmental
arch tunnel is entered through a double arch, above the entrance is a plaque
with Latin inscription: "QUIS QUIS HUC ACCEDIS/QUOD TIBI HORRENDUM VIDETUR/MIHI
AMOENUM EST/SI DELECTA MANEAS/SI TAEDAT ABEAS/UTRUM QUE GRATUM". Within the tunnel,
which still bears remnants of stucco dashed with quartz chips, are 3 segmental
headed niches, 2 are now empty, but one contains an odalisque, somewhat damaged;
at the far side, 14 steps rise as a dog-leg between dry stone walls. This
is the surviving fragment of a large collection of statuary and garden ornaments
which adorned the Smyth-Piggott estate at Brockley Hall, which was itself more
art repository then residence.

Listing NGR: ST4693367342

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26495618

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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)