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Cave Attractions In Claverton

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The American Museum and Gardens is based at Claverton Manor, near Bath, England. The manor house, believed to be the third manor house constructed at Claverton, was designed for John Vivian, a barrister who had purchased the manor in 1816, by Jeffry Wyatville in 1820 and built on the site of a manor previously bought by Ralph Allen in 1758. Wyatville's construction replaced an earlier manor house built for Sir Edward Hungerford in c.1588, the design of which has been attributed to John of Padua. The first manor house at Claverton was built by Ralph of Shrewsbury around 1340. The current manor house, built in 1820, is now a Grade I listed building.
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Cave Attractions In Claverton

  • 1. Wookey Hole Caves Wookey Hole
    Wookey Hole Caves are a series of limestone caverns, a show cave and tourist attraction in the village of Wookey Hole on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills near Wells in Somerset, England. The River Axe flows through the cave. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest for both biological and geological reasons. Wookey Hole cave is a solutional cave, one that is formed by a process of weathering in which the natural acid in groundwater dissolves the rocks. Some water originates as rain that flows into streams on impervious rocks on the plateau before sinking at the limestone boundary into cave systems such as Swildon's Hole, Eastwater Cavern and St Cuthbert's Swallet; the rest is rain that percolates directly through the limestone. The temperature in the caves is a constant 11 °C . Th...
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