Listed Building: GROTTO & RETAINING WALLS AT WALLINGWELLS HALL (1.58.4)

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Grade II
Authority
EH LBS Legacy ID 420435
Date assigned 14 November 1985
Date last amended

Description

Grotto and retaining walls. Mid C18. Rough hewn rocks, some brick. Circular plan. Central blocked archway, flanked by single walls. On the lake side is a further archway with pendant keystone. Interior, which has some red brick, is domed and has 3 large and single small arched niches. Each with rough hewn keystone and voussoirs. The domed roof was originally lined with mineral crystals and hung with stalactites. Flanking the entrance are retaining walls, extending 15 metres to the right/south and to the north/left, 31 metres running between the lake and wooded bank. (NCC/js)

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Location

Grid reference Centred SK 57265 84016 (6m by 6m)
Map sheet SK58SE
District Bassetlaw
Civil Parish Wallingwells, Bassetlaw

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Record last edited

Apr 29 2015 11:39AM

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