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

• Shellcraft