GROTTO ON THE THAMES

Built in 1720 by Viscount Fane for his wife Mary, The Grotto was designed as a fashionable lady's riverside retreat for her leisure and recreation. Its Capability Brown inspired parkland and gardens cascading down to the river's edge make a striking and evocative architectural statement. Jerome K Jerome was so taken with the view of the Grotto from the Thames that he described it in his 1889 work, Three Men in a Boat, as ‘a most glorious setting'... The Grotto represents an outstanding and rare opportunity to acquire a landmark stately home and country estate on the river Thames with planning consent for conversion to a luxury hotel, spa, and member's club, as well as two private residences.

Primary location: Reading United Kingdom