shell grotto
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A shell grotto is a type of folly, a grotto decorated with sea shells. The shell grotto was a popular feature of many British country houses in the 17th and 18th centuries. It suited the Baroque and Rococo styles and often represented the mimicry of architectural features from the Italian Renaissance. The idea of a grotto was originally a means to enhance a dank undercroft, or provide an antechamber before a piano nobile, but later it became a garden feature independent of the house, sometimes on the edge of a lake, with water flowing through it.
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Shell Grotto, grotto, Grotto at Bretton Hall, Scott's Grotto, Shell Grotto, Shell grotto, Shell grotto in Nienoord, Grotto In The Garden Of 101 Bristol Road,
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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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Grotto at Bretton Hall ⓘ
Grade II listed shell grotto in the grounds of Bretton Hall, now the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, in the parish of High Hoyland, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK -
Grotto In The Garden Of 101 Bristol Road ⓘ
Grade II listed building in England -
Scott's Grotto ⓘ
Grade I listed building in Ware, East Hertfordshire, England, UK
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Shell Grotto ⓘ
an ornate subterranean passageway in Margate, Kent, UK. Grade I listed building -
Shell grotto in Nienoord ⓘ
part of Huis te Nyenoort -
Shell Grotto ⓘ
Grade II* listed building in Pontypool. Grotto in Pontypool, Wales
View inside the Sala Terrena in Schloss Greinburg| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| site | cave | Grotto at Bretton Hall | shell grotto | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Grotto In The Garden Of 101 Bristol Road | shell grotto | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Scott's Grotto | shell grotto | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Shell Grotto | shell grotto | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Shell grotto in Nienoord | shell grotto | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | 1784 | Shell Grotto | shell grotto | Wikidata |
| commons | image | View inside the Sala Terrena in Schloss Greinburg | Commons | ||
