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About Shell Grotto
Shell Grotto is a sight (Historic sites) in Margate, in the Thanet district. The address is 33 Grotto Hill, CT9 2BU Margate. Up-to-date information is available on its own website, and you can reach it by phone at +441843220008. Just around the corner: Raf Manston History Museum (museum, 127 m) and Weatherspoons Ramsgate (restaurant, 146 m).
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- Category
- Sight › Historic sites
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- Address
- 33 Grotto Hill
CT9 2BU Margate, United Kingdom - District
- Thanet
- Phone
- +441843220008
- Website
- www.shellgrotto.co.uk
- info@shellgrotto.co.uk
- Coordinates
- 51.38779° N · 1.38940° E
- Data quality
- confidence 1.00
- Identifier
- ID 8801b23d-1ed…
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This is a remarkable place down a dingy back street: a winding underground passageway leading into a chamber, all decorated from floor to ceiling in sea shells. It was stumbled upon during building work in 1835 and its age and builder are unknown. There's been no scientific dating, and there are several dingbat theories, but it looks like the style of 18th- and 19th-century grottoes or follies that adorn stately homes elsewhere. The shells of the design are local, but the background fill of flat winkles is not — this type is common in Southampton.
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