Scott's Grotto, Ware, Hertfordshire. The yarn bombers have left their trademark!.
Scott's Grotto in Ware, Hertfordshire, is a Grade I listed building[ and with six chambers the most extensive shell grotto in the United Kingdom.
The grotto was formerly in the garden of Amwell House. Its construction may have taken several years and was completed by John Scott, an 18th-century Quaker poet who inherited Amwell House from his father in 1768. Scott also had other romantic features built in his garden, including an octagonal gazebo on the hillside above.
The grotto was acquired by East Hertfordshire District Council in 1974, and was restored in 1990–91 by the Ware Society. The works included a reconstruction of the entrance hall that had been demolished in 1960: a small fragment of the demolished Berlin Wall was inserted in the entrance hall as a time marker. The architect for the restoration was James Howley and the project manager David Perman, Hon. Secretary of the Ware Society.
The grotto and gardens are now owned and managed by the Scott's Grotto Trust, Charity Number 1180709.
Scott's Grotto, Ware, Hertfordshire. The yarn bombers have left their trademark!.
Scott's Grotto in Ware, Hertfordshire, is a Grade I listed building[ and with six chambers the most extensive shell grotto in the United Kingdom.
The grotto was formerly in the garden of Amwell House. Its construction may have taken several years and was completed by John Scott, an 18th-century Quaker poet who inherited Amwell House from his father in 1768. Scott also had other romantic features built in his garden, including an octagonal gazebo on the hillside above.
The grotto was acquired by East Hertfordshire District Council in 1974, and was restored in 1990–91 by the Ware Society. The works included a reconstruction of the entrance hall that had been demolished in 1960: a small fragment of the demolished Berlin Wall was inserted in the entrance hall as a time marker. The architect for the restoration was James Howley and the project manager David Perman, Hon. Secretary of the Ware Society.
The grotto and gardens are now owned and managed by the Scott's Grotto Trust, Charity Number 1180709.