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12th September 2009

Scotts Grotto – Location: Scotts Road, Ware SG12 9JQ /TL357138.

John Scott, an 18th century poet, moved to Hertfordshire in 1740 to find cleaner air and inherited Amwell House and grounds when his father died in 1768. Building grottos was very much the fashion so when he was rebuilding the house he decided to build his own. The building is constructed of interconnecting chambers and took some 30 years to complete with all its glorious adornments of shells and flints and Hertfordshire Puddingstone! It is well maintained by the Ware Society who do a fantastic job. Luckily, the sun shone on the grotto the day I visited and gave it somewhat an ethereal appearance!

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