Cockenzie House, Grotto
Grotto (18th Century)
Site Name Cockenzie House, Grotto
Classification Grotto (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Hecla'
Canmore ID 209115
Site Number NT47NW 74
NGR NT 40028 75603
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/209115
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Tranent
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NMRS REFERENCE:
NT37NE 2.00 3999 7565 Cockenzie House
NT47NW 72.00 40065 75614 Garden House
NT47NW 73.00 40048 75597 Gates
NT47NW 74.00 40028 75603 Grotto
Vaulted Gothic grotto ("Hecla") in volcanic lava fragments, garden feature within Cockenzie House grounds. The decorative lava in the walls and garden features is reputed to have been imported from Iceland. One alternative local view is that it came from Italy, being used as ballast in the salt-fish trade, another that it is in fact clinker waste from local metal works! (Historic Scotland)
Photographic Survey (August 1962)
Survey of Cockenzie House by the Scottish National Buildings Record in 1962.
