Pope's Grotto Preservation Trust

Patrons: Monty Don OBE, Sir Donald Insall CBE, Kim Wilkie

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Gallery

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Historical

Conjectural plan of the Grotto in 1725

Pope's January 1740 Sketch

Pope's December 1740 Sketch

John Serle's 1745 Plan

John Serle's 1745 view of the Grotto

Samuel Lewis's 1785 Plan

Samuel Lewis's 1786 Perspective View

Pope's Grotto in 1845 after the demolition of his Villa

1997 Survey Plan

Conservation

Cleaning the statue of St James

Cleaning the statue in the South Chamber

One of the gates before removal

Removing the gates

3D laser scanning at the Grotto entrance

Scanning in the central chamber

Photography and scanning in the North Chamber

Minerals in the tunnel marked up by a geologist

A section of the wall in the South Chamber removed before conservation

Removing 20th c. repairs to the ceiling of the South Chamber

Conserving a wall in the South Chamber

Surveying the newly exposed brick floor in the South Chamber

The Grotto Today

The tunnel looking towards St Catherine's School

The tunnel looking towards the river

The Crown of Thorns

Fossilised wood

One of the pieces of basalt from the Giant's Causeway

Mineral in the South Chamber

A piece of blue mineral

"Mother amethyst" in the South Chamber

Cherub's Head

Fleur de Lys in plaster

The famous branch from Alexander Pope's willow tree

One of the ammonite casts in the Gallery

South Chamber restored with new lighting

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