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artistic; bizarre; Buzz Knap-Fisher; car; colourful; craftsmanship; eccentric; fantasy; folly; landscape fomat; Llanwdna; modern; motor; Pembrokeshire; symbols; vehicle; Wales

Pembrokeshire - decorated motor car, essentially a modern 'Mobile Folly', created by the artist Buzz Knap-Fisher at his studio at the remote hamlet of Llanwdna above Carregwastad Point, Fishguard. ref: 612/2/19

artistic; bizarre; Buzz Knap-Fisher; car; close up; colourful, ; craftsmanship; decoration; eccentric; fantasy; folly; landscape format; lettering; Llanwdna; motor; Pembrokeshire; protest; vehicle; Wales

PEMBROKESHIRE - the artist, Buzz Knap-Fisher, lives at the tiny hamlet of Llanwdna above Carregwastab Point, where he creates what only be described as Mobile Follies. ref: 09458

artistic; bizarre; decoration; fantasy; folly; landscape format; lettering; Wales; Pembrokeshire; motor; car; vehicle; Llanwdna; Buzz Knap-Fisher; eccentric

Pembrokeshire : 'Mobile Folly' by artist Buzz Knap-Fisher outside his studio at the tiny hamlet of Llanwdna above Carregwastad Point, Fishguard. Wales. ref: 09460

antiquity; architecture; art; artistic; Audley End; bizarre; craftsmanship; decoration; England; entrance; Essex; estate; fantasy; folly; gate; imposing; landscape format; lodge; sculpture; statue; symbol; motif; Howard family; Jacobean,

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

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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)

architecture; bizarre; building; coast; distance; eccentric; fantasy; folly; Highlands; hill top; imposing; landmark; landscape format; McCaig's Tower; McCaig's Folly; Oban; Scotland; tower; town; Victorian; whimsy, McCaig, welfare, poor relief,

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

'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; artistic; bar; bizarre; boarding house; building; close up; colourful; commerce; decoration; eccentric; folly; garden; hotel; imposing; Inn; landscape format; lettering; modern; Pub; public house; street; Tenby; town; Wales; Normandie Inn, Pembrokeshire,

TENBY: a colourful pub in the town centre - the Normandie Inn on Upper Frog Street. PEMBROKESHIRE. ref: 1026513.021

20th Century; viewpoint; walker; architecture; artistic; carving; cold; craftsmanship; distant view; England; estate; fantasy; folly; granite; Heavens Gate; hiker; hill top; imposing; landmark; landscape format; Longleat; Lord Bath; Millennium; modern; monolith; Paul Norris; ring; circle; rock; rock feature; rural; stone; view; viewpoint; Warminster; Wessex; Wiltshire; winter; sunset; dusk; colourful

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

20th Century; allegorical; ancient; artistic; bizarre; carving; close up; craftsmanship; decoration; England; fantasy; folly; forest; imposing; landmark; modern; portrait format; rural; statue; symbols; tree; Wessex; Wiltshire; oak; Green Man; bust; mysterious; spirit; legendary; timeless; Ridgeway; Wootton Rivers; Pewsey; downs; primeval,

WILTSHIRE DOWNS : mysterious GREEN MAN, sculpted on a living oak tree by an anonymous wood carver, stands over the Mud Lane Ridgeway in woodland above Wootton Rivers, Vale of Pewsey. ref: 01.6/31/8(35)

allegorical; architecture; artist; artistic; bizarre; building; burial place; Celtic Christianity; Christian; Compton; craftsmanship; decor; decoration; England; fantasy; folly; G.F.Watts; Godalming; imposing; Mary Fraser-Tyler; memorial; portrait format; Pre-Raphaelite; melancholy; Surrey; symbols; Victorian; Watts Mortuary Chapel; mortuary; chapel; red brick; terra cotta; religion

Compton, Surrey : detail on the walls of the WATTS MORTUARY CHAPEL at Compton, near Guildford. The Chapel is noted for its Pre-Raphaelite decor,both inside and out. It was designed by Mary Fraser-Tyler, wife of the artist G.F.Watts ( who paid for it ) and completed in 1898. ref: 1016430

bizarre; building; burial place; estate; family; folly; grave; Hebrides; Scotland; mountains; remote; lonely; landscape fomat; landscape format; mausoleum; melancholy; memorial; sadness; tomb; tranquil; Victorian; wilderness; Bullough; Glen Harris; island; shore; temple; Ionic; Greek; Parthenon, coast,

HEBRIDES - ISLE of RHUM : the Bullough Family Mausoleum stands on the shore at remote Glen Harris on the western extremity of the island. Here are buried lairds John Bullough (1891) and son and daughter-in-law Sir George and Lady Bullough (1939 and 1969 respectively) ref: 1005394

allegorical; architecture; artist; artistic; bizarre; building; burial place; Celtic Christianity; Christian; Compton; craftsmanship; decor; decoration; England; fantasy; folly; G.F.Watts; Godalming; imposing; Mary Fraser-Tyler; memorial; portrait format; Pre-Raphaelite; melancholy; Surrey; symbols; Victorian; Watts Mortuary Chapel; red brick; terra cotta; chapel; mortuary; religion

Compton, Surrey : the WATTS MORTUARY CHAPEL is famed for its Pre-Raphaelite decor and stands beside the Pilgrim's Way outside the small village of Compton near Godalming. Designed by Mary Fraser-Tyler, wife of the artist G.F.Watts ( who paid for it ) it was completed in 1898. ref: 1016431

antiquity; Antonio Bonazza; architecture; building; castle; classical; colourful; Craignure; dovecote; Dovecote Tower; fantasy; figures; folly; garden; Hebrides; imposing; Italianate; landscape fomat; Mull; peaceful; Scotland; statue; Torosay; tower; whimsy; Lion Terrace; lion; flowers, Mull,

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

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

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

18th century; antiquity; architecture; bizarre; building; England; estate; fantasy; folly; heritage; hiker; hill top; historic; landscape format; lonely; moorland; moors; Pennines; remote; tall; tower; track; walker; quaint; Lancashire; Dovecote Folly; Rivington Moor; Lever Park; Bolton

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)

architecture; artistic; bizarre; boarding house; colourful; decoration; flowers; folly; garden; hotel; landscape format; Pembrokeshire; Tenby; town; Wales; whimsy

PEMBROKESHIRE COAST National Park : characteristicly colourful seaside boarding house at the charming resort of TENBY. ref: 1026513.021

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)

18th century; allegorical; antiquity; architecture; artistic; classical; craftsmanship; decoration; England; estate; fantasy; figure; folly; house; imposing; Lord Pembroke; Palladian; statue; Wilton; Wilton House; Wiltshire; mansion; stately home

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

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)

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

20th Century; artistic; bizarre; Christian; churchyard; craftsmanship; figure; folly; Gower; imposing; inscription; Janet; lifeboat; lifeboatman; melancholy; memorial; Pembrokeshire; Port Eynon; primitive; rural; sadness; sailor; seaman; St.Cathwg; statue; tragedy; Wales; coast

Gower, South Wales : memorial in the wall of St. Cathwg's churchyard at Port Eynon to the three crewmen of the lifeboat 'Janet' who were lost on a mission of mercy on January 1st 1916. ref: 04.5/1/15(01)

20th Century; artistic; bizarre; Christian; churchyard; craftsmanship; figure; folly; Gower; imposing; inscription; Janet; lifeboat; lifeboatman; melancholy; memorial; Pembrokeshire; Port Eynon; primitive; rural; sadness; sailor; seaman; St.Cathwg; statue; tragedy; Wales; coast

Gower, South Wales : this memorial set into the wall of the little church of St.Cathwg at Port Eynon commemorates the three crewmen of the lifeboat 'Janet ' lost on a mercy mission on January 1st. 1916 ref: 04.5/1/14(01)

20th Century; Anglesey; bizarre; building; eccentric; folly; hotel; Inn; inscription; landscape format; lettering; Llanfair P G; modern; name; notice; Penrhos Arms; Pub; public house; Wales

ISLE of ANGLESEY, NORTH WALES : village inn - once a coaching inn on the London to Holyhead Road at the village with the longest name in Britain, usually shortened to mere LLANFAIR P G. ref: 04.1/3/4(01)

architecture; Argyll; bizarre; boats; building; coast; colourful; folly; harbour; Hebrides; Highlands; imposing; landscape format; Lorne; Oban; ocean; port; Scotland; ships; tower; Victorian; philanthropy; town; ferry; lifeboat; McCaig, McCaig's Folly

OBAN - West Highlands : the strange classical Colosseum of McCaig's Folly - or 'Tower' - dominates the busy harbour. It was built in 1890 by local banker John Stuart McCaig to provide work for local people and it commands spectacular views across the Firth of Lorne to the Hebrides. ref: 02.7/6/14(50)

20th Century; Anglesey; bizarre; building; eccentric; folly; inscription; landscape format; lettering; Llanfair P G; modern; name; notice; Wales; railway; station; platform; passengers

Isle of Anglesey, North Wales : this is the LLANFAIR P G. railway station on the main London to Holyhead ( for the Irish ferries ) line. The full name of the village, as on the sign, is the longest of any habitation in Britain. ref: 04.1/3/3(01)

Follies: Buildings: English Follies: Eccentric: Countryside: Woodland

A view of the Bridgemere version of the English Folly known as Mow Cop Castle in Cheshire

Follies: Buildings: English Follies: Eccentric: Countryside: Woodland

A view of the Bridgemere version of the English Folly known as Mow Cop Castle in Cheshire

Follies: Buildings: English Follies: Eccentric: Countryside: Woodland

A view of the Bridgemere version of the English Folly known as Mow Cop Castle in Cheshire

antiquity; architecture; artistic; atmospheric; Bodnant; building; Canal Terrace; Conwy Valley; estate; fantasy; flowers; folly; garden; landscape format; National Trust; pavilion; Pin Mill; rural; Tal-y-cafn; tranquil; Victorian; Wales; whimsy

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

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

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; 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

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; battlements; bizarre; Buckingham; building; castle; England; fake; fantasy; folly; fortress; gaol; Gothic; imposing; jail; landscape format; Lord Cobham; market place; prison; sham; street; town

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)

architecture; Argyll; bizarre; boats; building; coast; colourful; fishing boat; folly; harbour; Hebrides; Highlands; imposing; Lorne; Oban; ocean; port; portrait format; quay; Scotland; ships; tower; Victorian; town; McCaig; philanthropy, McCaig's Folly,

OBAN, West Highlands : the strange classical Colosseum of McCaig's Folly - or 'Tower' - dominates Railway Quay and the busy harbour. Commanding spectacular views over the Firth of Lorne to the Hebrides, the Folly was built in 1890 by successful local banker and philanthropist, John Stuart McCaig, to provide work for local people. ref: 02.7/6/12(50)

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bizarre; England; folly; rural; Wiltshire; Cranborne Chase; oriental; Mughal; Mogul; Indian; building; colourful; modern; Tollard Royal

WILTSHIRE - CRANBORNE CHASE : newly built Mughal-style folly tower above Tollard Royal. ref: 00021

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)

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)

bizarre; colourful; figure; folly; garden; portrait format; rural; Scotland; Scottish Borders; statue; Victorian; figure; Highlander; figurehead; Polharrow; Galloway; Glenkens; salvage; soldier; Fred Olsen

GALLOWAY - the Glenkens : Highlander figurehead stands in the grounds of Forrest Lodgein Polharrow Glen. After years underwater in Oslo Fjord, the figurehead was salvaged, restored and erected here by the Fred Olsen Shipping Line. ref: 02.9/9/2(9)

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)

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20th Century; abstract; allegorical; angular; architecture; artistic; craftsmanship; cubist; design, England; estate; folly; fountain; garden; grounds; landscape format; Lord Pembroke; modern; stately home; Wilton; Wilton House; Wiltshire

WILTON HOUSE, Wiltshire : modern Fountain stands in the extensive gardens. ref: 23118

'Fullers Tower'; 'The Watch Tower'; folly; 'Mad Jack Fuller'; Brightling; 'East Sussex'; England; follies; eccentric; 'built in 1820s'; 'stone built folly', IPSV2678,

20th Century; aerial; bizarre; column; Cranborne Chase; deception; engineering; England; fake; folly; Fontmell Magna; woodland, landscape format; mobile phone; modern; pillar; rural; Shaftesbury; sham; Sutton Clump; technology; telecommunications; telephone; tower; tree; Wessex; pine, Dorset

Cranborne Chase, Dorset : a faux SCOTS PINE - actually an aerial for a mobile phone network - rises from a clump of real Scots Pines at Sutton Clump, above Fontmell Magna. ref: 1038259

Gothic Water Tower, Epping, Essex, Gothic, water tower, folly, cars, used cars, car sales, mobile phone, transmitters, receivers, aerials, house, railings, mast, flag pole, blue sky, sunny, sunshine, clear sky, IPSV2262, IPSV2647, IPSV0266, IPSV2678, IPSV0576,

Gothic Water Tower, Epping, Essex. The top of the tower is now used as mounting for mobile phone transmitters/receivers and the tower stands adjacent to a used car lot.

abbey; ancient; antiquity; artistic; bizarre; Borders; burial place; carving; Christian; churchyard; close up; Dryburgh; figures; folly; inscription; King James; landscape format; medieval; melancholy; memorial; pillar; Scotland; statue; stone

Scottish Borders : at Dryburgh Abbey - this sandstone memorial pillar to King James 1st of Scotland stands among the ruins of the abbey founded by his predecessor King David 1st in 1150. ref: 07.1/6/10

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; 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

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.

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; 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)

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)

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 : 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)

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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)

art; artistic; autumn; bizarre; England; folly; Fonthill; iron; modern; pillar; portrait format; rural; sculpture; tall; Wiltshire; steel; dandelion; Fonthill Gifford; monolithic

WILTSHIRE - FONTHILL GIFFORD : this gigantic steel DANDELION can be seen in a paddock behind the Beckford Arms Inn. ref: 16789

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)

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

19th century; architecture; artistic; bold; Cambridgeshire; classical; colourful; England; estate; exotic; folly; imposing; landscape format; red brick; stable; tower; Victorian; Wimpole; arch

WIMPOLE HALL, Cambridgeshire : Kendall's exotic 1851 Stable block is a classic of its kind. ref: 07.3/14/22

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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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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Japanese temple; folly; Biddulph Grange; garden; bonsai tree; rocks; ornamental; colourful; folly;

America; architecture; bizarre; building; city; colourful; commerce; downtown; Empire State Building; fantasy; folly; hotel; imposing; landmark; landscape format; Las Vegas; modern; Nevada; 'New York-New York'; pseudo; sham; skyline; skyscrapers; statue; Statue of Liberty; street; towers; town; USA, garish,

USA, Nevada : LAS VEGAS, the 'New York-New York' complex. ref: 42.1/1/15(4)

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'Brightling Pyramid'; folly; follies; mausoleum; 'Sir John Fuller'; 'Mad Jack Fuller'; eccentric; philanthropist; churchyard; 'St Thomas a Becket Church'; Brightling; 'East Sussex'; England; 'stone cross', IPSV2678,

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; runner; person; distant view; Sham Castle; arch; gateway; wall; portrait format.

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)

18th century; artistic; autumn; colourful; England; estate; folly; forest; historic; landscape format; park; ruin; rural; stone; tranquil; Wiltshire; Fonthill; Lake; . Beckford; Landing Stage; harbour; urns; Romantic; melancholy

FONTHILL - autumnal view across FONTHILL LAKE from the boathouse on the western shore towards William Beckford's Landing Place. November 6th. 2010 ref: 15325

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)

'Brightling Needle'; 'Brightling Obelisk'; 'Brightling Beacon'; Brightling; 'East Sussex'; England; 'Sir John Fuller'; 'Mad Jack Fuller'; eccentric; philanthropist; folly; follies; landmark; 'dry moat', IPSV2678,

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20th Century; aerial; bizarre; column; Cranborne Chase; Dorset; engineering; England; fake; folly; Fontmell Magna; forest; mobile phone; modern; notice; pillar; portrait format; rural; Shaftesbury; sham; Sutton Clump; technology; telecommunications; telephone; tower; tree; Wessex; deception; pine

Cranborne Chase - Dorset : Faux SCOTS PINE - actually a mobile phone aerial disguised as a tree - stands in a clump of real pines at Sutton Clump, above Fontmell Magna. ref:1038263

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)

17th century; antiquity; architecture; bizarre; brickwork; building; folly; gazebo; heritage; hill top; historic; lonely; overgrown; peaceful; portrait format; quaint; rural; tower; weather vane; Wiltshire; Pepperbox; Eyre's Folly; Gyles Eyre; West Grimstead; Salisbury

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

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The sugar loaves cones have fallen down and broken up inside the building

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The sugar loaves have fallen down and are broken up inside the building

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The sugar loave cones have fallen down and broken up inside the building

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The sugar loave cones have fallen down and broken up inside the building

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The sugar loave cones have broken up and fallen inside the building

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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

Winter, ice, frost, freezing, freezing fog, snow, lake, The Knap, Cold Knap, Knap Gardens, tree, frozen tree

Winter has a grip on The Knap gardens and lake in Barry.

Winter, ice, frost, freezing, freezing fog, snow, lake, The Knap, Cold Knap, Knap Gardens, tree, frozen tree

Freezing weather at the Knap boating lake, Barry

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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.

Travel; England; Landscapes; Staffordshire; Stoke-on-Trent; Mow Cop; Architectural; Eccentric; Buildings; Architecture; Folly; Castles

Mow Cop Castle a Victorian folly at Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Photo by John Keates