Crystal Grotto

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Crystal Grotto is an 18th-century ornamental cave in Painshill Park, famed for its elaborate artificial rockwork and glittering crystal-lined interiors.

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Crystal Grotto canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artificial cave ⓘ
ornamental grotto ⓘ
architect Charles Hamilton ⓘ
constructionStart 18th century ⓘ
country England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
designer Charles Hamilton ⓘ
hasAccess via a causeway or boat from the lakeshore ⓘ
hasConservationStatus protected historic structure ⓘ
hasFunction ornamental feature ⓘ
picturesque garden folly ⓘ
hasInteriorDecoration artificial rockwork ⓘ
crystal-lined walls ⓘ
reflective pools ⓘ
stalactite-like formations ⓘ
hasLighting natural light through openings ⓘ
hasMaterial flint ⓘ
glass ⓘ
gypsum crystals ⓘ
pumice ⓘ
quartz crystals ⓘ
tufa ⓘ
hasRestoration extensive restoration in the early 21st century ⓘ
hasStyle 18th-century folly ⓘ
Picturesque landscape garden feature ⓘ
hasTheme romantic subterranean cave ⓘ
hasTourismType garden feature ⓘ
heritage attraction ⓘ
hasView views across the lake at Painshill Park ⓘ
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building ⓘ
Grade I listed structure ⓘ
inception c. 1760s ⓘ
isPartOf Painshill Park follies ⓘ
linked to: Painshill Park
locatedIn Cobham, Surrey ⓘ
Painshill Park ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Painshill, a Grade I registered historic park and garden ⓘ
linked to: Painshill Park
locatedOn island in a lake at Painshill Park ⓘ
notableFor elaborate artificial rockwork ⓘ
glittering crystal-lined interiors ⓘ
picturesque reflections in water pools ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
ownedBy Painshill Park Trust ⓘ
linked to: Painshill Park
partOf 18th-century English landscape movement ⓘ
landscape garden at Painshill Park ⓘ
linked to: Painshill Park
reopened 2013 ⓘ
significantEvent conservation-led reconstruction in the 2000s ⓘ
neglect and deterioration in the 19th and 20th centuries ⓘ

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Painshill Park → hasPart → Crystal Grotto ⓘ