Record Details
| MonUID: | MST3920 |
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| HER Number: | 04196 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Underground Grotto, Hagley Hall |
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Summary
A listed system of underground caves forming a garden grotto. The caves are carved from the red sandstone bedrock and are of late 18th century date.
Monument Type(s):
- GROTTO (Georgian - 1750 AD to 1799 AD)
Associated Events:
- EST1256 - A measured survey of the Subterranean Folly beneath the site of Hagley Hall, Rugeley, Staffordshire.
Protected Status:
- Listed Building (II) 0649/03/058: Grotto at Former Hagley Hall
Full description
GARDEN FEATURE. SYSTEM OF UNDERGROUND MANMADE CAVES, FORMING A GARDEN GROTTO WHICH IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN LINKED BY TUNNEL TO HAGLEY HALL (PRN 01881). <1> <2> <3>
It has been suggested that the caves were cut by colliery owner William Harrison to provide work for unemployed miners. The layout of the largest of the chambers, with a niche and pedestal at one end, has led to suggestions that it may have been used as a chapel. (SB, 06-Dec-2005) <4>
Sources and further reading
| --- | SST270 - Published Book: Timothy Mowl and Dianne Barr. 2009. The Historic Gardens of England: Staffordshire. pages 138-41, plate 57, page 141. |
| <1> | SST2985 - Verbal communication: T Thicket (Unknown). 1989. Personal Comment?. |
| <2> | SST4047 - Photographic: Andrew kirkham (Staffordshire County Council). 1988 - 1995. Photographic Negative Collection 1988 - 1995 (Buildings). 35mm film. |
| <3> | SST4076 - Drawn: Andrew Kirkham (SCC). 1990. Subterranean Folly, beneath site of Hagley Hall, Rugeley: Measured Survey. Permatrace. 1:50. |
| <4> | SST3640 - Published Book: The Victoria History of the Counties of England. 1959. (VCH volume 5) A History of the County of Stafford, Volume V.. Page. |
Related records
| 01881 | Part of: Hagley Hall, Hagley Road, Rugeley (Monument) |
| 40126 | Part of: Hagley Park, Rugeley (Monument) |
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