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SOUTH PENNINES, Rivington Moor : the peculiar DOVECOTE FOLLY above the terraced gardens of Lever Park stands on the lip of the open moor high above Bolton. ref: 01.4/1/7(35)

19th century; antiquity; architecture; bizarre; building; estate; fantasy; folly; gazebo; gothic; heritage; hiker; National Park; portrait format; quaint; rural; tower; Victorian; walker; Derbyshire; Peak District; Illam Hall; Manifold Dale; gentlemen's; toilet; washroom

DERBYSHIRE - the White Peak : at ILLAM HALL, a National Trust property in Manifold Dale, the Gentleman's toilet is situated in this bizarre folly tower. ref: 07.3/19/7

18th century; antiquity; architecture; bizarre; building; Cambridgeshire; Capability Brown; castle; Earl of Hardwicke; England; estate; fake; fantasy; folly; fortress; imposing; medieval; melancholy; portrait format; romantic; ruin; Sanderson Miller; sham; tower; Wimpole; Gothic

WIMPOLE, Cambridgeshire : This is the Tower of Wimpole's Folly, an extensive sham medieval castle designed by Sanderson Miller for the Earl of Hardwicke in 1751 but actually built by Capability Brown in 1769. ref: 07.3/14/24

18th century; ancient; antiquity; architecture; autumn; Bolton; building; distant view; estate; folly; gazebo; gothic; hill top; historic; Lancashire; Lever Park; moorland; moors; Pennines; portrait format; quaint; remote; Rivington Moor; ruin; rural; summit; tower; walker; hiker; Rivington Pike; gritstone

SOUTH PENNINES, Rivington Moor : the strange gritstone tower at an altitude of 1,198 feet on RIVINGTON PIKE, high above Bolton, was built in 1733 as a shooting lodge on the site of an ancient beacon. ref: 1000308

19th century; antiquity; architecture; bizarre; building; classical; England; estate; fantasy; folly; Greek; heritage; hill top; historic; lonely; memorial; Parthenon; Romantic; rural; temple; Durham; Lord Durham; Penshaw Monument; Washington; Weardale

Co.DURHAM - WASHINGTON : the PENSHAW MONUMENT, built in 1844, commemorates Lord Durham, sometime Govenor General of Canada. A classical, Parthenon-style folly, it overlooks the deep valley of the River Wear and the town of Washington beyond. S.E.aspect. ref: 01.4/9/1(01)

18th century; antiquity; architecture; Bath; battlements; bizarre; building; castle; city; deception; England; fake; fantasy; folly; Gothic; hill top; imposing; landmark; portal; Ralph Allen; romantic; sham; viewpoint; Wessex; Sham Castle; skyline

BATH : hilltop SHAM CASTLE overlooking the city was commissioned in the mid 1700s by the entrepreneur Ralph Allen to improve the view from his home on North Parade. ref: 07.6/1/15(01)

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BATH : SHAM CASTLE was built on a hilltop overlooking the city in the mid-1700s by the entrepreneur Ralph Allen to improve the view from his home on North Parade. ref: 07.6/1/16(01)

18th century; antiquity; architecture; astronomy; bizarre; building; Cranborne Chase; Dorset; England; fantasy; folly; Horton; Horton Folly; Humphrey Sturt; imposing; landmark; landscape format; lonely; observatory; remote; ruin; rural; Sturt's Folly; telecommunications; tower; track

DORSET - Cranborne Chase : Horton Tower folly - otherwise known as Sturt's Folly - stands 140 feet high and was once considered to be the tallest non-religious building in the country. Built in 1750 by the local MP, architect and local Squire, Humphrey Sturt, who may have used it as an astronomical observatory. Now a ruin though it contains modern telecommunications aerials. N.W. aspect. ref: 01.6/2/17(2)

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BATH - the city is seen through the arched gateway of SHAM CASTLE, the folly built on a hilltop overlooking the city by the entrepreneur Ralph Allen in the mid-1700s to improve the view from his house on North Parade. ref: 07.6/1/18(01)

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BUCKINGHAM GAOL - the ancient town gaol beside the Market Place was built in Gothic castle style by Lord Cobham in 1748. S.W. elevation. ref: 01.5/10/21(01)

19th Century; antiquity; architecture; bizarre; building; cottage; decoration; East Anglia; England; estate; exotic; fantasy; folly; garden; lodge; pinnacle; Rendlesham; romantic; Suffolk; flying buttress

Suffolk - Rendlesham : this folly cottage was built around 1820 as a lodge to Rendlesham Hall, a mansion unfortunately destroyed by fire in 1830. ref: 07.5/1/15

18th century; Abbey; Beckford; bizarre; building; castle; crenellated; England; estate; fantasy; folly; Fonthill; Fonthill Abbey; Fonthill Gifford; gothic; historical; landscape format; melancholy; park; romantic; ruin; tower; truncated; Wiltshire; woodland

WILTSHIRE - FONTHILL GIFFORD : this small wing is all that remains of William Beckford's magnificent FONTHILL ABBEY, the folly to end all follies, destroyed when the tall spire collapsed in 1825. N.W. aspect. ref: 18569

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BATH : SHAM CASTLE folly on the crest of Bathampton Down, a mere wall, was commissioned by entreprenur Ralph Allen to improve the view from his home on North Parade in the mid 18th century. ref: 07.6/1/17(01)

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Wilton House, Wiltshire : 'The Herald' overlooks the southern facade of the mansion. ref: 23058

18th century; antiquity; burial place; Dorking; downs; England; folly; grave; Greensand Hills; hill top; imposing; landmark; landscape format; Leith Hill; North Downs; Richard Hill; rural; Surrey; tomb; tower; viewpoint; walkers

Greensand Hills, Surrey : LEITH HILL - Richard Hill built this 64 foot TOWER on the 965 foot summit of the hill in 1766 - and is buried within. The view from the top extends from London to the English Channel. ref: 01.6/12/12(7)

Appuldurcombe Park; distance; England; estate; folly; hiker; historic; Isle of Wight; landscape format; memorial; park; rural; walker; Worsley Obelisk; Wroxall; 18th century; Sir Robert Worsley; ruin; truncated; hill top; summit; Appuldurcombe Down; hiker; Howell

ISLE of WIGHT : Ian Howell at the WORSLEY OBELISK that crowns the northern crest of APPULDURCOMBE DOWN ( 673 ft ) above Wroxall village. The granite obelisk was erected in 1774 in memory of local squire Sir Robert Worsley who died in 1747. ref: 13255

18th century; antiquity; architecture; artistic; bridge; classical; Earl of Pembroke; England; estate; fantasy; folly; garden; landscape format; Palladian; peaceful; river; River Nadder; Roger Morris; romantic; Salisbury; tranquil; Wilton; Wiltshire

WILTON HOUSE, Wiltshire : the Palladian Bridge spanning the River Nadder was designed by the 9th Earl of Pembroke together with Roger Morris, and completed in 1737. The first of its kind, it inspired several copies, notably at Stowe and Prior Park. ref: 07.3/28/15

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YORKSHIRE, STUDLEY ROYAL : view southwards across the lake towards the OCTAGON TOWER rising above the trees. Built in 1728 originally in classical style, it was 'Gothicised' a decade later. ref: 1025990

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Greensand Hills, Surrey ; Leith Hill (965 ft) is crowned by this 64 foot Tower, built in 1766 by Richard Hill who is buried within. ref: 1011974

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WILTSHIRE : the PEPPERBOX (or Eyre's Folly) was built by local landowner Gyles Eyre about 1650. The hexagonal brick building stands at 525 ft altitude on Pepperbox Hill above West Grimstead to the S.E. of Salisbury. ref: Dscn2007

antiquity; architecture; bizarre; building; Clwyd; Clwydian Hills; folly; hiker; hill top; inscription; Jubilee Tower; landmark; landscape format; Moel Fammau; National Trail; Offa's Dyke; remote; ruin; summit; tower; Wales

Clwydian Hills, North Wales : ruins of the 'Jubilee Tower' folly crown the summit of Moel Fammau (1,817 ft) , the highest point in the Clwydians. It was built in 1810 to commemorate the Jubilee of George lll. The Offa's Dyke National Trail passes right by. ref: 04.2/4/11(01)

antiquity; architecture; building; Chilterns; classical; England; estate; fake; fantasy; folly; Hertfordshire; hikers; Ionic; landscape format; people; portico; sham; shelter; temple; Tring; Tring Park; walkers; woodland

TRING PARK - hikers shelter in the Ionic Temple folly, constructed in the 1720s. October 1st. 2008 ref: 03431.031

18th century; antiquity; architecture; building; England; estate; fantasy; folly; lake; landscape format; landscape garden; National Trust; park; pavilion; river; romantic; statue; Studley Royal; temple; Yorkshire; classical; portico; River Skell; Temple of Piety; Water Garden; John Aislabie.

YORKSHIRE : STUDLEY ROYAL - the Temple of Piety folly is seen over the Water Gardens of the River Skell. June. Completed in 1742 by Walter Aislabie, it was dedicated to his father John, who had originally created the estate. ref: 1025991

17th century; antiquity; Arch; architecture; Beckford; building; England; estate; fantasy; folly; Fonthill; Fonthill Abbey; heritage; historic; landscape format; park; quaint; road; Romantic; rural; Wiltshire; Fonthill Splendens; John Vardy; Inigo Jones; portal; gateway; classical

The FONTHILL ARCH : once the imposing entrance to Alderman Beckford's long-gone Fonthill Splendens mansion and Fonthill Park. Built by John Vardy in 1756, the Arch was probably designed by Inigo Jones. It is now the 'portal' to Fonthill Gifford parish and spans the lane connecting Fonthill Bishop to Tisbury in South West Wiltshire. ref: 01.6/34/16(3)

18th century; Alexander Pope; antiquity; architecture; artistic; Bath; building; Capability Brown; England; estate; fake; fantasy; folly; garden; landscape format; landscape garden; mansion; National Trust; Palladian; Prior Park; romantic; sham; Sham Bridge; stately home; tranquil; Wessex; pond; portico; John Wood

BATH : PRIOR PARK mansion is seen over the Sham Bridge. The landscape gardens were designed by Alexander Pope and constructed by Capability Brown for the local magnate Ralph Allen between 1734 and 1764. The mansion itself is by John Wood and dates to 1742. ref: 07.6/1/8(15)

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The FAULSTON DOVECOTE - dates to late Tudor times and according to John Aubrey was one of four that surrounded moated Fulston House near Bishopstone in the Ebble Valley of Wiltshire. ref: 01-6-32-24(28)

19th century; architecture; bizarre; brickwork; building; crenellated; England; fantasy; folly; quaint; religious; rural; tower; vernacular; Victorian; Hampshire; Alton; Farringdon; Massey's Folly; red brick; Rev Massey

HAMPSHIRE - FARRINGDON : 'MASSEY'S FOLLY' , the bizarre village hall in high Victorian red brick was built by the rector himself, the Rev. T.H. Massey,in 1875. Near Alton. ref: 01.6/4/21(22)

antiquity; Antonio Bonazza; architecture; building; castle; classical; colourful; Craignure; dovecote; Dovecote Tower; fantasy; figures; folly; garden; Hebrides; imposing; Italianate; landscape format; Mull; peaceful; Scotland; statue; Statue Walk; Torosay; tower; whimsy; flowers; lush, Mull,

ISLE OF MULL : TOROSAY CASTLE, Craignure. These are two of the twelve stone figures by Antonio Bonazza that liner the celebrated Statue Walk. Beyond rises the Dovecote Tower and in the far distance is seen the Sound of Mull. September. ref ;1026035.031

18th century; antiquity; architecture; artistic; bizarre; Buckinghamshire; bust; classical; England; estate; exotic; folly; historical; inscription; landscape format; lettering; memorial; park; romantic; sculpture; shrine; Stowe; temple; Temple of British Worthies; Thomas Gresham; wall; William Kent; worthies; celebrities; personalities

Stowe, Buckinghamshire : The TEMPLE of BRITISH WORTHIES, featuring such names as King Alfred, Raleigh, Drake, Hampden, Shakespere, Newton, Sir Thomas Gresham and others, was designed by William Kent in 1735 and is just one of the many folly features on the extensive Stowe estate. ref: 07.4/1/7

18th century; Alexander Pope; antiquity; architecture; artistic; Bath; bridge; building; Capability Brown; city; distant view; England; estate; fantasy; figures; folly; garden; lake; landscape format; landscape garden; mansion; National Trust; Palladian; Prior Park; reflection; romantic; stately home; tranquil; viewpoint; walkers; Wessex; Palladian Bridge; portico; Ralph Allen; John Wood.

BATH : PRIOR PARK - view towards the Palladian Bridge - built by Richard Jones in 1755 - and the mansion from the lower lake. The estate was planned and constructed by Alexander Pope and Capability Brown between 1734 and 1764 for the local magnate Ralph Allen while the mansion itself, by John Wood, dates to 1742. ref: 07.6/1/18(12)

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Essex - AUDLEY END : the Lion Gate, southern aspect. This is the main entrance to the mansion itself. ref: 07.3/22/01

England; English; Britain; British; British; Great Britain; UK; United Kingdom; 18th Century; dovecote--water tower; village; summer; summertime; lawn; trees; folly; IPSV code 2618; IPSV code 0576;

!8th Century dovecote-cum-water tower in the volliage of Idlecote in Warwickshire, England

18th century; Alexander Pope; antiquity; architecture; artistic; Bath; bridge; building; Capability Brown; city; distance; distant view; England; estate; fantasy; folly; garden; lake; landscape format; landscape garden; National Trust; Palladian; Prior Park; romantic; town; tranquil; viewpoint; Wessex; park; Palladian Bridge; Ralph Allen; cattle, Palladian,

BATH : PRIOR PARK was laid out and designed by Capability Brown and Alexander Pope for local magnate Ralph Allen between 1734 and 1764. View northwards from below the mansion to the Palladian Bridge and three lakes, and beyond to Bath city and Beacon Hill. ref: 07.6/1/14(12)

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LONGLEAT, Wiltshire : A hiker is seen standing in Lord Bath's Millennium folly at Heaven's Gate overlooking the Longleat Estate, at dusk in winter. The great ring was carved from Cornish granite by the sculptor Paul Norris ref: 04695

England; English; Britain; British; British Isles; Great Britain; United Kingdom; UK; Europe; 18th Century; dovecote--water tower; village; vegetable garden; summer; summertime; folly; IPSV code 2618; IPSV code 0576;

18th Century dovecote-cum-water tower in the village of Idlecote in Warwickshire, England

18th century; antiquity; architecture; Armoury House; battlements; building; castle; city; City Road; England; fantasy; folly; fortress; HAC; Honourable Artillery Company; imposing; landscape format; London; military; sham; soldier; street

CITY of LONDON : Armoury House is the HQ of the Honourable Artillery Company ( the HAC ) on City Road. The original building dates to 1735 but with many later additions. ref: 19434

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STOURHEAD, Wiltshire : the PANTHEON, built by Henry Flitcroft in 1754, overlooks the lake. ref: 07.3 /8/9

England; English; Europe; Britain; British; British Isles; Great Britain; UK; United Kingdom; 18th Century; dovecote--water tower; village; vegetable garden; trees; summer; summertime; folly; IPSV code 2618; IPSV code 0576;

18th Century dovecote-cum-water tower in the village of Idlecote in Warwickshire, England

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ISLE OF MULL - TOROSAY CASTLE, Craignure : View along the Lion Terrace with the higher Fountain Terrace standing above and to the right. In the distance stands the celebrated Dovecote Tower with the Statue Walk glimpsed beyond. ref : 1026040.021

18th century; antiquity; architecture; astronomy; bizarre; building; Cranborne Chase; Dorset; folly; Horton; Horton Folly; Humphrey Sturt; Humphrey Sturt; imposing; landmark; landscape format; lonely; observatory; remote; ruin; rural; Sturt's Folly; telecommunications; tower; tower,

HORTON TOWER, Cranborne Chase, otherwise known as Sturt's Folly, stands 140 feet high and was once considered to be the tallest non-religious building in the country. Built in 1750 by the local MP, architect and Lord of the Manor, Humphrey Sturt, who may have used it as an astronomical observatory. Now a ruin though it contains modern telecommunications aerials. North Eastern aspect. ref: 01.6/2/23(2)

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ISLE OF MULL - TOROSAY CASTLE, Craignure : On the Lion Terrace looking towards the Dovecote Tower with the Sound of Mull beyond. The Fountain Terrace rises on the left. September. ref ; 1026043.021

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Wilton House, Wiltshire : 'The Loggia' is a discreet folly in the wooded grounds of the stately home. ref: 23083

20th Century; allegorical; architecture; artistic; bizarre; building; Clough Williams-Ellis; decoration; eccentric; estate; fantasy; folly; Portmerion; sham; Wales; whimsy; petrol pump; street corner, motoring, fuel,

Portmerion , North Wales : ancient, whimsical but still operational petrol pump in this folly village ref: 04.2/6/5(3)

18th century; Ailesbury Column; antiquity; architecture; building; column; Earl of Ailesbury; England; estate; folly; forest; inscription; King George lll; landmark; memorial; pillar; portrait format; rural; Savernake; statue; stone; Wiltshire

Savernake Forest, Wiltshire : the AILESBURY COLUMN was erected in honour of King George lll by the Earl of Ailesbury in 1781. ref: 01.6/31/19(41)

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STAFFORDSHIRE - a hiker approaches MOW COP, a folly tower built in 1754 on an 1,100 foot hill astride the Cheshire border near Biddulph. It commands wide views over the Cheshire Plain towards the Welsh hills. ref ; 1008062 (01.5/12/11)

18th century; antiquity; arch; architecture; Buckinghamshire; building; Capability Brown; classical; Corinthian Arch; cottage; England; estate; exotic; folly; gateway; imposing; landmark; lodge; Lord Camelford; park; portal; stately home; Stowe, Lord Camelford,

Buckinghamshire - STOWE : the CORINTHIAN ARCH was built at the northern end of the Grand Aveue in 1765 on the orders of Lord Camelford. Sixty feet high and sixty feet wide, it actually contains two, four storeyed gamekeepers' cottages. ref: 07.3/15/10

20th Century; allegorical; architecture; artistic; bizarre; building; Clough Williams-Ellis; decoration; eccentric; estate; fantasy; folly; garden; inscription; Italianate; peaceful; Portmerion; sham; statue; tranquil; Wales; whimsy; campanile; tower; village; tourists; fountain, spire,

PORTMERION, North Wales : Clough Williams Ellis' whimsy village is dominated by his Italianate Campanile. ref: 04.2/6/3(3)

20th Century; allegorical; architecture; artistic; bizarre; building; Clough Williams-Ellis; decoration; eccentric; estate; fantasy; folly; garden; inscription; Italianate; peaceful; Portmerion; sham; statue; tranquil; Wales; whimsy; Atlas; classical; globe

Portmerion, North Wales : This statue of Atlas in the folly village of Portmerion was erected in celebration of certain specific good summers -a whimsy of the arcxhitect Clough Williams-Ellis. ref: 04.2/6/9(3)

18th century, Building, Dorset, England, Horton, Sturt's Folly, Tower, 1982

18th century; accident; antiquity; architecture; Ashley; Beware Chalk Pit; bizarre; Farley Down; folly; Hampshire; horse; landmark; memorial; obelisk; pyramid; Hunters Plate

Ashley, Hampshire : the BEWARE CHALK PIT momument on Farley Down. This obelisk was erected in the memory of a horse named Beware Chalk Pit which, having saved the owner's life when falling into the chalk pit the previous year, went on to win the Hunters Plate at Worthy Down Races in October 1734. ref: 07.5/2/6

18th century; antiquity; architecture; artistic; building; colourful; England; folly; garden; Gothic; landscape format; peaceful; Wessex; Montacute; Somerset; romantic; gazebo; pavilion; flowers; stately home; National Trust

MONTACUTE HOUSE, Somerset : romantic gazebo at corner of the East Lawn. ref:1025910

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Blackdown Hills, Somerset : the WELLINGTON OBELISK, built in 1817-18 to commemorate the Iron Duke, stands on the crest of the Blackdown Hills overlooking the Vale of Taunton Deane and the little town of Wellington itself. ref: 1035489

18th century; antiquity; architecture; Buckinghamshire; Capability Brown; column; estate; folly; landmark; landscape garden; Lord Cobham; obelisk; park; pillar; portrait format.; Stowe; tower

Buckinghamshire - STOWE : the 104 foot high, octagonal COBHAM COLUMN - with a statue of Lord Cobham on its summit - was built in 1749 probably by Capability Brown himself. ref: 07.3/15/12

Buildings, Folly, 18th century, England, Enville, Gothic, Museum, Staffordshire, 18th century, 1990, Architecture

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OBAN, West Highlands : McCaig's Folly or 'Tower' overlooks the port of Oban with a fine view out towards the hills of Mull. It was built by the banker, John Stuart McCaig, to provide work for the local unemployed. ref: 07.5/1/2

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BODNANT GARDENS, Tal-y-Cafn, Conwy Valley : view over the Canal Terrace to the Pin Mill pavilion folly. ref: 07.3/10/4

17th century; antiquity; Arch; architecture; building; classical; England; estate; family; folly; gate; gateway; historic; landscape format; park; portal; ruin; rural; Northamptonshire; Holdenby; Elizabethan

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE : HOLDENBY HOUSE - these two base-court archways dating to 1583 survive from the original mansion, long since demolished. ref: 01.5/8/5(3)

19th Century; antiquity; bizarre; Bremhill; column; England; folly; hill top; historical; imposing; landmark; landscape format; legendary; market woman; Marquess of Lansdowne; Maud Heath; memorial; obelisk; pillar; rural; statue; tower; tree; Victorian; viewpoint; Wessex; Wick Hill; Wiltshire; Chippenham; causeway; memorial

Bremhill, Wiltshire : The Maud Heath Column stands on the crest of Wick Hill near Bremhill overlooking the vale and her Causeway into Chippenham. On its summit sits Maud Heath, the medieval market woman who in 1474 commissioned a Causeway across the marshes into town. The column was erected in 1838 by the Marquess of Lansdowne and the Rev Bowles, Vicar of Bremhill. ref: 21411

19th Century; antiquity; bizarre; Bremhill; causeway; Chippenham; column; England; folly; hill top; historical; imposing; landmark; landscape format; legendary; market woman; Marquess of Lansdowne; Maud Heath; memorial; obelisk; pillar; portrait format; rural; statue; tower; Victorian; viewpoint; Wessex; Wick Hill; Wiltshire

Wiltshire - Bremhill near Chippenham : MAUD HEATH's Column stands on the brow of Wick Hill, looking down over the vale towards her causeway into Chippenham. Maud, the market woman who in 1474 commissioned the causeway to be built across the marshes into Chippenham, sits on top of the column complete with her shopping basket. The column was erected in 1838 by the Marquess of Lansdowne and the Rev. Bowles, vicar of Bremhill. ref: 21410

Rivington, Lancashire, England, UK, folly, folllies, outdoor, grass, tower, building, The Dovecote Tower, Terraced Gardens. Italian style, built in 1910, Lord Leverhulme, Rivington estate. Lady Lever, William Heskth, Elizabeth Ellen Lever, Bolton, Chorley

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Red brick folly arch on the road between Brookmans Park and Potters Bar, Hertfordshire. It was built in about 1740, and was originally one of the entrances to the Gobions estate.

18th century; architecture; building; castle; crenellated; England; folly; fortress; Gothic; hill top; historic; landscape format; Romantic; rural; stone; tower; Castle Inn; Pub; Edgehill; battlefield ; King Charles; Sanderson Miller; Warwickshire, Civil War

WARWICKSHIRE - EDGEHILL : the Castle folly - now the CASTLE INN - stands on the crest of EDGEHILL on the site of the battlefield HQ of King Charles lst. The twin Gothick towers of the original folly by Sanderson Miller date to 1746-7. ref: 1026452

The Dovecote Tower; pigeon tower; 1910; Lord Leverhulme; William Heskth; Elizabeth Ellen Lever; rivington; horwich; bolton; lancashire; north west; britain; building; heritage; history; historical; Derelict; Empty; Boarded; Up; sky line; Landmark; fence; tall; vertical; wall; cloud; stormy; moody; mood; walkers; hikers; IPSV2678

19th Century; antiquity; architecture; artistic; Bath; bizarre; building; burial place; Christian; graveyard; cemetery, England; folly; grave; Henry Goodridge; imposing; Italianate; Lansdown; portrait format; sarcophagus; tomb; tower; William Beckford

BATH : Beckford's Tower ( Henry Goodridge 1827 ) stands on the crest of Lansdown Hill overlooking the city. In the foreground is the massive tomb of William Beckford himself (died 1844) ref: 01.6/34/1(01)

Folly: 18th Century: C18: Salisbury: Stone Arched building: Public garden: Bourne Hill House: Wyndham House:

A four-arched, conical-towered stone structure installed in the 18th century garden development of Bourne Hill House, in Salisbury. Now called Wyndham House it formerly housed Salisbury's Council offices.The garden is an attractive public park. Some have suggested the building may have originated in the Cathedral Close.

19th century; antiquity; architecture; artistic; bizarre; brickwork; building; folly; garden; houses; landscape format; quaint; red brick; rural; vernacular; Victorian; cottages; terrace; Farthingstone; Northamptonshire; Pension Row; broken crockery; .

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE - FARTHINGSTONE : this terrace of cottages, known as 'Pension Row' , is faced, for some strange reason, with shards of broken crockery. ref: 01.5/8/20(01)

19th Century; architecture; art; artistic; Bath; bizarre; book shop; building; city; close up; craftsmanship; deception; England; fantasy; folly; George Gregory; lettering; sham; street; trompe l'oeil; Victorian; window; street corner; fake

BATH : Trompe l'oeil - The GEORGE GREGORY BOOK STORE LENDING LIBRARY once occupied no.1, Broad Street and was apparently " Well Stocked with all the LATEST FICTION" ref: 07.6/1/7(9)

antiquity; architecture; art; artistic; bizarre; building; carving; close up; England; estate; folly; imposing; pillar; sculpture; statue; symbol; Essex; Audley End; Bull; West Gate; Bull Gate; lodge; entrance; gate; Jacobean; Howard family; crest; motif

Essex - AUDLEY END : the Bull motive of the Howard family graces the West Gate. ref: 1006052

18th century; allegorical; ancient; antiquity; art; artistic; bizarre; city; culture; enigmatic; ethnic; figure; hillfort; historic; iron-age; labyrinth; landmark; landscape format; man; maze; medieval; mizmaze; mysterious; rural; symbols; turf; walkers; Winchester; St. Catherine; hill; hilltop; Hampshire; Wessex; England

WINCHESTER - St.CATHERINE'S HILL - the Mizmaze, N.E.aspect : the rare turf cut Mizmaze or Labyrinth sits on the 328 foot hilltop that overlooks Winchester. The earliest mention of the Mizmaze is 1710 but it may have existed far earlier. The trees of the Clump mask an iron-age hill fort and ruins of a medieval chapel. ref: 01.6/4/7(26)

'Sleeping Man'; 20th Century; allegorical; architecture; art, artistic; bizarre; craftsmanship; decoration; England; estate; fantasy; figure; figure; folly; garden; grounds; imposing; landscape format; Lord Pembroke; metal; modern; reclining figure; sculpture; small boy; stately home; statue; Wilton; Wilton House; Wiltshire; admirer; puzzlement

Wilton House, Wiltshire : SLEEPING MAN - a modern folly - stands in the extensive grounds. ref: 23094

20th century; architecture; bizarre; building; Bullough; castle; Edwardian; estate; fantasy; folly; garden; Hebrides; imposing; island; landscape format; lonely; peaceful; remote; Rhum; Scotland; tranquil; tower; flowers; mansion, Victorian

ISLE of RHUM : Kinloch Castle, S.E.aspect. The fancifull castle was built close to the shore of Loch Scresort by the Lancashire industrialist Sir George Bullough in 1901. Both the building stone and the soil for the exotic gardens was imported from southern Scotland. ref: 1010266 (03.2/1/13(3)

antiquity; architecture; classical; column; Corinthian; Earl of Pembroke; England; estate; fantasy; folly; garden; imposing; landmark; ornamental; pillar; portrait format.; romantic; Salisbury; statue; Wessex; Wilton; Wiltshire; nymph

WILTON HOUSE, Wiltshire : ornamental column in Corinthian style stands in the extensive grounds ref: 07.3/28/18

architecture; art; bizarre; building; colourful; fantasy; folly; garden; house; island; quaint; stone; town; vernacular; pebbles; Scalloway; Shetland; shed, landscape format, sea shells, decor,

SHETLAND : a modern vernacular folly in a residential street in SCALLOWAY, the second largest settlement in Shetland. The decor comprises mostly pebbles and sea-shells ref: 03.7/2/22(01)

Follies Architecture follies, folly, doocot, dovecote, Longland, Grampian, Scotland, C19, P1977, farm buildings, trio, threesome, triple

20th century; architecture; bizarre; building; Bullough; castle; colourful; Edwardian; estate; fantasy; flowers; folly; garden; Hebrides; houses; imposing; island; landscape format; mansion; mountains; peaceful; remote; Rhum; Scotland; shore; tower, Victorian,

Isle of Rhum, Kinloch Castle, eastern aspect : the castle was built close to the shore at the head of Loch Scresort in 1901 by the Lancashire industialist Sir George Bullough with stone shipped from the southern Scotland. The surrounding lush gardens were also created with imported soil. ref: 1002466 (03.2/1/17(3)

England; Britain; British Isles; Great Britain; United Kingdom; UK; Europe; Warwickshire; built 16th to 18th Centuries; springtime; spring; sunny; hilltop; folly

The Beacon at Burton Bassett, Warwickshire, built 16th to 18th Century.

England; Britain; British Isles; Great Britain; United Kingdom; UK; Europe; Warwickshire; Built 16th to 18th Centuries; spring; springtime; hilltop; folly; pathway

The Beacon at Burton Bassett, Warwickshire, built 16th to 18th Century.

Late 17th to early 18th century, Square-plan, lectern, dovecot, afternoon, agrarian, ancient, beehive, blossom, building, countrified, cylindrical, dove, dovecote, doves, england, farm, flower, gaelic, heritage, holes, house, journey, listed, lord, mansion, path, pigeon, pigeons, round, rural, rustic, squab, squire, stone, sunshine, trail, yellow

Restored 16th. 17th. century Dovecote in the grounds of Aberdour Castle, Fife, Scotland.

antiquity; architecture; Chilterns; classical; England; estate; fake; fantasy; folly; forest; Hertfordshire; Ionic; landscape format; merry monarch; portico; romantic; sham; temple; Tring; Tring Park; woodland; King Charles

Chiltern Hillls, Hertfordshire - TRING PARK: the Ionic Temple folly, deep in the woods, was built in the 1720s. ref: 03427

18th century, Architecture, Dorset, England, Folly, Horton, Sturt's Folly, Horton Tower, before restoration, 1989

architecture; bizarre; building; Bullough; burial place; Cuillin; distant view; estate; fantasy; folly; Glen Harris; grave; Hebrides; Highlands; imposing; Ionic; island; landscape format; lonely; mausoleum; melancholy; memorial; mountains; peaceful; remote; Rhum; Scotland; shore; tomb;

ISLE of RHUM : the Bullough family Mausoleum stands on the remote foreshore at the mouth of Glen Harris. Peaks of the Rhum Cuillin rise beyond - L>R : Barkeval, Hallival, Tralival and Ainshval. ref: 1005383 03.2/1/7(9)

18th century; Abraham Darby; antiquity; architecture; art; brickwork; building; clock; clock-tower; Coalbrookdale; colourful; England; factory; folly; Foundry; heritage; historic; industrial-heritage; Industrial Revolution; iron; Ironbridge; portrait format; Shropshire; symbol; Telford; tower; Victorian

SHROPSHIRE - COALBROOKDALE : the magnificent iron tower of the Coalbrookdale Foundry. Here, in 1709, Abraham Darby the Elder discovered how to smelt iron using coke, heralding in the Industrial Revolution. ref: 01.5/6/7(16)

architecture; art; artistic; bizarre; building; colourful; decoration; fantasy; folly; garden; house; landscape format; pebbles; quaint; Scalloway; Scotland; shed; Shetland; vernacular; detail; sea-shells; close-up; pattern

SHETLAND : detail of folly - one of the decorated panels on a domestic shed in a quiet residential street in Scalloway township. ref: 03.7/2/24(01)

20th Century; viewpoint; architecture; artistic; carving; autumn; craftsmanship; England; estate; fantasy; folly; forest; granite; Heavens Gate; hill top; imposing; landmark; landscape format; Longleat; Lord Bath; Millennium; modern; monolith; Paul Norris; pillar; rock; rock feature; rural; stone; view; viewpoint; Warminster; Wessex; Wiltshire; sculpture,

LONGLEAT, Wiltshire : Lord Bath's array of carved granite monoliths at Heaven's Gate, the hilltop overlooking the Longleat Estate. They were created by sculptor Paul Norris to celebrate the Millennium. ref: 14821

Lord Berners Folly; Faringdon; Faringdon Folly; Folly Hill; Gothic; Mock Battlements; Newest Folly; Last Major Folly Built; Oxfordshire; England; Tower, 100ft Tower; buildings; Tall; look out; Scaffolding; work; pulley; rope; building site;

Lord Berners Folly; Faringdon; Faringdon Folly; Folly Hill; Gothic; Mock Battlements; Newest Folly; Last Major Folly Built; Oxfordshire; England; Tower, 100ft Tower; buildings; Tall; look out; Scaffolding; work; pulley; rope; building site;

18th century; antiquity; architecture; building; classical; country house; Dinton; eighteenth century; England; estate; gentleman's residence; historical; home; imposing; Jeffry Wyatville; mansion; National Trust; palladian; parkland; portico; portrait format; rural; summer; tranquil; William Wyndham; Wiltshire

Wiltshire : PHILLIPS HOUSE, Dinton. southern aspect from Dinton Park . Built 1820 for William Wyndham by Jeffry Wyatville, now a National Trust property Photograph from Public Right of Way ref: 13447

19th Century; antiquity; architecture; art; Bath; Botanic Gardens; city; classical; close up; England; entrance; fantasy; folly; gate; landscape format; Royal Victoria Park; sculpture; statue; Victorian; Sphinx, portal

BATH : Royal Victoria Park - this Sphinx gateway guards the portal of the Royal Avenue at Marborough Lane. ref: 07.6/1/5(11)

Follies Architecture folly, Whalley, Lancashire, England, 1780, C18, Clerk Hill Hall, Mr Waller

20th century; architecture; art; bridge; carving; classical; colourful; England; estate; fantasy; folly; garden; oriental; park; peaceful; portrait format; river; romantic; tranquil; Wiltshire; Wilton House

WILTON HOUSE, Wiltshire : decorative Oriental Bridge. ref: 07.3/28/19

Lord Berners Folly; Faringdon; Faringdon Folly; Folly Hill; Gothic; Mock Battlements; Newest Folly; Last Major Folly Built; Oxfordshire; England; Tower, 100ft Tower; buildings; Tall; look out; Scaffolding; work; pulley; rope; building site; porta loo; woodland;

Lord Berners Folly; Faringdon; Faringdon Folly; Folly Hill; Gothic; Mock Battlements; Newest Folly; Last Major Folly Built; Oxfordshire; England; Tower, 100ft Tower; buildings; Tall; look out; Scaffolding; work; pulley; rope; building site; porta loo; woodland;

Lord Berners Folly; Faringdon; Faringdon Folly; Folly Hill; Gothic; Mock Battlements; Newest Folly; Last Major Folly Built; Oxfordshire; England; Tower, 100ft Tower; buildings; Tall; look out; Scaffolding; work; pulley; rope; building site; porta loo; woodland;

Lord Berners Folly; Faringdon; Faringdon Folly; Folly Hill; Gothic; Mock Battlements; Newest Folly; Last Major Folly Built; Oxfordshire; England; Tower, 100ft Tower; buildings; Tall; look out; Scaffolding; work; pulley; rope; building site; porta loo; woodland;

19th century; Admiral; antiquity; artistic; colourful; England; estate; folly; garden; heritage; historic; portrait format; quaint; romantic; Royal Navy; rural; sculpture; statue; symbol; Chilterns; Lord Howe; Pipers; figurehead; battleship; wooden wall; Victorian; The Lee; Arthur Liberty; nautical; Naval

CHILTERN HILLS : figurehead of one of the last two wooden battleships to be built ( in 1860) - HMS Admiral Lord Howe - preserved by Arthur Liberty at Pipers, his mansion at The Lee. ref: 03574

The Dovecote; Dunster; Somerset; Britain; IPSV0195 Conservation (Heritage); IPSV Conservation (historic buildings); IPSV0450 Countryside; IPSV2678 Follies (historic); IPSV0534 Heritage; IPSV1164 Historic Buildings; IPSV1651 Historic Environment; IPSV5265 Historic Monuments (Buildings); IPSV1165 Listed Buildings

antiquity; architecture; bizarre; building; Carmarthenshire; castle; distance; eccentric; folly; hill top; imposing; landscape format; Llanarthney; lonely; memorial; Nelson; neo-Gothic; Paxton's Tower; ruin; rural; sham; tower; Wales; wide view; William Paxton,

PAXTON's TOWER is a neo-gothic folly built in 1811 by Sir William Paxton in honour of Admiral Lord Nelson - it stands on a hilltop near Llanarthney in Carmarthenshire. Western elevation. ref: 07.5/1/10

18th century; antiquity; architecture; artistic; Bath; canal; city; column; decoration; England; folly; imposing; landmark; obelisk; pillar; portrait format; stone; tower; classical; ornate; Widcombe; pump house; Kennet & Avon; chimney; ruin

BATH : Kennet & Avon Canal -this ornate chimney is all that remains of Widcombe Locks Punmping Station. ref: 07.6/1/24(13)

United Kingdom; England; Northumberland; Pigeons; Columbidae; Columbiformes; Dove; Doves; Pigeon; Buildings; Dovecotes; Building; Dovecote; White dove; Day; Sunny; Daytime; Sunshine

Mistley Towers, tourist, attraction, folly, follies, Essex, architecture, building, Manningtree, River Stour, Stour, estuary, eccentric, unusual, odd, memorial, 1776, 18th century, East Anglia, IPSV0576, IPSV2262, IPSV2678,

Mistley Towers, along the River Stour Estuary about a mile from Manningtree, have been a tourist attraction for many years. They were built in 1776 as an extension to Mistley Thorn Church, which was built in 1735 and demolished around 1870 when the present church was built.