Survey Data
Reg No
30313004
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Previous Name
Saint Mary's College
Original Use
Grotto
In Use As
Grotto
Date
1935 - 1945
Coordinates
128899, 225156
Date Recorded
04/11/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding square-plan grotto, built c.1940, having flat roof with gabled pebble-dashed parapet to front and rear elevations, front having stone cross finial. Exposed snecked rusticated granite block walls having coursed snecked limestone block corner buttresses with granite centre-blocks and snecked limestone plat bands and string course. Lancet window openings to north-east and south-west. Arched open entrance having cut limestone voussoirs supported on cut-stone imposts.
Appraisal
This grotto forms part of an educational complex designed by Ralph Byrne. Its design and detailing relate it to the other structures on the site, thereby maintaining the architectural continuity of the college.