Wanstead Park Grotto: rescue work to start this month

A rescue package of works to restore Wanstead Park’s historic Grotto will begin this month.

“The Grotto was damaged by fire in 1884 and while it has had patchy repairs over the past 138 years, it has been badly declining and is on the Heritage at Risk Register. The edges of the landing stage have been crumbling. Major stones have been dislodged and the banks are now collapsing,” said a spokesperson for the Heritage of London Trust, which has raised £24,000 for the first phase of this project.

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Author: Editor