Shell grotto
A shell grotto is a type of folly, a grotto decorated with sea shells.
Examples
- Shell Grotto, Margate, an example in Margate, Kent, England
- Shell Grotto, Pontypool, another in Pontypool, Gwent, Wales
- Scott's Grotto, a shell grotto in Ware, Hertfordshire, England
- The east tower of Skipton Castle's gatehouse contains a 17th-century shell grotto
- The Nienoord estate in Leek, Netherlands
- The Shell Grotto at Château de Vendeuvre
- The Shell-lined grotto at Goldney Hall, Bristol, England
- The Shell Grotto at Endsleigh Cottage, England
- Headley-Whitney Museum, in Lexington, Kentucky, US where a former three car garage was transformed into a shell grotto
- The Shell House in Terrington, N Yorkshire UK
- The former Paua House in Bluff, New Zealand, now partly re-created at Canterbury Museum, Christchurch
See also
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