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

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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

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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

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

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

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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)

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

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)

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)

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

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)

'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; 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)

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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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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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

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

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; architecture; building; castle; distance; Dockyard; fort; fortress; Gun Tower; harbour; imposing; landmark; landscape format; Martello; Milford Haven; military; Palmerston Folly; Pembroke Dock; Pembrokeshire; port; shore; tower; Victorian; Wales

PEMBROKESHIRE - Milford Haven : a 'Palmerston Folly' Gun Tower at Pembroke Dock, one of several built in 1857 against a potential French attack. This one stands at Llanreath Bay close to the old Naval Dockyard. The village of Hazebeach lies on the far - northern - shore of the Haven where the Coast Path follows the shore line. ref: 1026583

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)

fantasy; folly; rural; tower; windmill; National Park; Pembrokeshire; Coast Path; gazebo; Red Dragon; Wales; weather vane; St Justinian's; St David's; coastal

PEMBROKESHIRE COAST PATH ( Pembrokeshire Coast National Park ) : this clifftop gazebo beside the Coast Path, once a windmill, is crowned by the Red Dragon of Wales and overlooks the Sound of Ramsay at the little haven of St.Justinian's near St. David's. ref: 1024285.021

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

artistic; close up; folly; garden; inscription; japanese; landmark; lettering; milestone; oriental; pillar; portrait format; stone; symbols; Wales; whimsy

WELSH BOTANIC GARDEN, Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire : faux Japanese milestone in the 'Japanese Garden' ref: 19330

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)

Abereiddi; antiquity; atmospheric; building; cliffs; coast; distance; folly; hills; historic; landform; landmark; landscape format; National Park; ocean; panoramic; Pembrokeshire; rugged; ruin; scenic; tower; Traeth Llyfn; Wales; whimsy

PEMBROKESHIRE COAST National Park: view westwards from above Traeth Llyfn towards the folly of Abereiddi Tower and beyond to Penberry Hill and Carn Llidi. ref: 1027783.031

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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; 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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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)

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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

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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

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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; architecture; boats; building; castle; Dockyard; fishing boat; folly, ; fort; fortress; Gun Tower; harbour; imposing; landscape format; Martello; Milford Haven; military; Palmerston Folly; Pembroke Dock; Pembrokeshire; port; quay; ships; shore; tower; town; Victorian; Wales

PEMBROKESHIRE : One of several 'Palmerston Folly' Gun Towers - known incorrectly as 'Martello Towers' - built in 1851 to defend Milford Haven against a potential French attack. This one stands beside the wall of the old Naval Dockyard at Pembroke Dock and is now a museum. ref: 1026590

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)

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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)

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PEMBROKESHIRE COAST National Park : St Non's Holy Well, just a few yards from St Non's Chapel, was a halt on the ancient pilgrim path to St Davids. ref: 1027844.021

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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)

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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

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

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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

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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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

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

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Follies Architecture 1813, Architecture, Balcarres Crag Folly, Colinsburgh, eyecatcher, Fife, Folly, James Fisher, P1998, Scotland, sham castle,

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)

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

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Aberdeen; allegorical; Archibald Simpson; architecture; artistic; bank; bar; building; city; commerce; cornucopia; decoration; figures; folly; imposing; landscape format; portico; public house; Scotland; statue; street; town; Victorian

ABERDEEN - these allegorical figures representing the Riches of Commerce stand above the magnificent pillared portico of No. 5 Castle Street, originally the offices of the North of Scotland Bank but now the Archibald Simpson Bar. The building, constructed between 1839 and 1842 is considered to be the masterpiece of Simpson, the 'Architect of Aberdeen' ref: 02.8/5/6(01)

Wale Obelisk, Harston, Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire, obelisk, folly, monument, memorial, Gregory Wale, Justice of the Peace, JP, Conservator of the River Cam, Bardfield Hall, Magots Mount, Rowley's Hill, St Margaret's Hill, 1739, inscribed, inscription, hill, field, silhouette, testimony, James Church, IPSV2678, IPSV0576,

Obelisk erected in 1739 in memory of Gregory Wale (1668-1739) on Magots Mount, also known as St Margaret's Hill or Rowley's Hill, on the border between Little Shelford and Harston in Cabridgeshire. This is the inscription on the base. It reads 'To the memory of Gregory Wale Esq, Justice of the Peace for this County, Deputy Lieutenant, County Treasurer, Conservator of the River Cam. He lived an advocate for liberty, a good subject, an agreeable companion, a faithful friend, an hospitable neighbour and in all parts of life a useful member of society. He died June 5th 1739 in the 71 year of his age: universally lamented and was buried in the parish of Little Shelford. This obelisk was erected by his surviving friend James Church Esq as a public testimony of his regard to the memory of so worthy a gentleman.'

Wale Obelisk, Harston, Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire, obelisk, folly, monument, memorial, Gregory Wale, Justice of the Peace, JP, Conservator of the River Cam, Bardfield Hall, Magots Mount, Rowley's Hill, St Margaret's Hill, 1739, inscribed, inscription, hill, field, silhouette, testimony, James Church, IPSV2678, IPSV0576,

Obelisk erected in 1739 in memory of Gregory Wale (1668-1739) on Magots Mount, also known as St Margaret's Hill or Rowley's Hill, on the border between Little Shelford and Harston in Cabridgeshire. There is an inscription on the base, which reads 'To the memory of Gregory Wale Esq, Justice of the Peace for this County, Deputy Lieutenant, County Treasurer, Conservator of the River Cam. He lived an advocate for liberty, a good subject, an agreeable companion, a faithful friend, an hospitable neighbour and in all parts of life a useful member of society. He died June 5th 1739 in the 71 year of his age: universally lamented and was buried in the parish of Little Shelford. This obelisk was erected by his surviving friend James Church Esq as a public testimony of his regard to the memory of so worthy a gentleman.'

Wale Obelisk, Harston, Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire, obelisk, folly, monument, memorial, Gregory Wale, Justice of the Peace, JP, Conservator of the River Cam, Bardfield Hall, Magots Mount, Rowley's Hill, St Margaret's Hill, 1739, inscribed, inscription, hill, field, blue sky, sunshine, testimony, James Church, IPSV2678, IPSV0576,

Obelisk erected in 1739 in memory of Gregory Wale (1668-1739) on Magots Mount, also known as St Margaret's Hill or Rowley's Hill, on the border between Little Shelford and Harston in Cabridgeshire. There is an inscription on the base, which reads 'To the memory of Gregory Wale Esq, Justice of the Peace for this County, Deputy Lieutenant, County Treasurer, Conservator of the River Cam. He lived an advocate for liberty, a good subject, an agreeable companion, a faithful friend, an hospitable neighbour and in all parts of life a useful member of society. He died June 5th 1739 in the 71 year of his age: universally lamented and was buried in the parish of Little Shelford. This obelisk was erected by his surviving friend James Church Esq as a public testimony of his regard to the memory of so worthy a gentleman.'

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)

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)

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)

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

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)

Wale Obelisk, Harston, Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire, obelisk, folly, monument, memorial, Gregory Wale, Justice of the Peace, JP, Conservator of the River Cam, Bardfield Hall, Magots Mount, Rowley's Hill, St Margaret's Hill, 1739, inscribed, inscription, hill, field, blue sky, sunshine, base, testimony, James Church, IPSV2678, IPSV0576,

Obelisk erected in 1739 in memory of Gregory Wale (1668-1739) on Magots Mount, also known as St Margaret's Hill or Rowley's Hill, on the border between Little Shelford and Harston in Cabridgeshire. There is an inscription on the base, which reads 'To the memory of Gregory Wale Esq, Justice of the Peace for this County, Deputy Lieutenant, County Treasurer, Conservator of the River Cam. He lived an advocate for liberty, a good subject, an agreeable companion, a faithful friend, an hospitable neighbour and in all parts of life a useful member of society. He died June 5th 1739 in the 71 year of his age: universally lamented and was buried in the parish of Little Shelford. This obelisk was erected by his surviving friend James Church Esq as a public testimony of his regard to the memory of so worthy a gentleman.'

18th century; allegorical; antiquity; architecture; artistic; building; classical; decoration; England; estate; figure; folly; garden; grounds; house; landscape format; Lord Pembroke; Palladian; portico; rural; sham; shelter; stately home; Wilton; Wilton House; Wiltshire

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

America; architecture; balloon; bizarre; building; city; colourful; commerce; decoration; Eiffel Tower; fake; fantasy; folly; garish; hotel; Las Vegas; lights; make-believe; modern; Nevada; night; portrait format; pseudo; sham; tower; town; USA, Paris,

USA, Nevada : Las Vegas by night - the foreground complex is named 'Paris' ref: 42.1/1/3(7)

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)

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)

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)

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

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)

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

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)

bizarre; Ceibwr Bay; cliffs; coast; Coast Path; crag; craggy; figure; fisherman; headland; imposing; inlet; island; landform; landscape format; low tide; National Park; National Trail; ocean; Pembrokeshire; pinnacle; rock; rock feature, ; sea; sea shore; shore; South Wales; steep; summer; tide; Wales; sea stack

NORTH PEMBROKESHIRE : Ceibwr Bay - view from the Coast Path to the magnificent stacks that guard the southern side of Ceibwr Bay. A rock fisherman surveys his possibilities at the foot of the cliffs. ref: 09411

America; architecture; bizarre; building; city; colourful; commerce; decoration; fake; fantasy; folly; garish; hotel; imposing; Las Vegas; make-believe; modern; Nevada; portrait format; pseudo; sham; statue; tower; town; USA; Statue of Liberty; Empire State Building; skyscrapers; MGM Lion, busy,

USA - Nevada : Las Vegas by daylight. The main feature in this picture is known as 'New York-New York' ref: 42.1/1/12(4)

West Wales, Pembrokeshire, Manorbier, Castle, Gerald of Wales, Giraldus Cambrensis, Gerallt Gymro, Welsh Castle, Welsh History, Welsh Heritage, IPSV2673, IPSV1296, IPSV2294,

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

18th century; 19th century; antiquity; close up; coast; Coast Path; distant view; Events; France; inscription; landmark; landscape format; lettering; memorial; military; National Park; National Trail; Pembrokeshire; plaque; remote; rural; sea; sea shore; South Wales; stone; Wales; Strumble Peninsula; Careg Wastad; Careg Goffa; Fishguard; French Invasion; 1797; Napoleonic Wars; landing place

PEMBROKESHIRE COAST PATH - the memorial stone on the mound of Careg Goffa at Careg Wastad Point commemorates the last invasion of Britain, the abortive French landing here in 1797 ref: 09605

West Wales, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Pembrokeshire Coastal Path, Long Distance Footpath, Ceibwr Bay, Sunny Day, Cliffs, Coast, Coastal, Coastline, Synclines, Anticlines, Geomorphology, IPSV5271, IPSV5272, IPSC2294, IPSV1296,

Summerhouse; Folly; Follies; Sham; Mock; Ruin; neo-Norman; Benington; Lordship; Stevenage; Hertfordshire; Gardens; Foliage; Flowers; Plants; Botanical; Overgrown; Countryside; Manor House; Architectural; Architectural; Building; Ornament; Decoration; Portrait; Colour; Landscape; England; United Kingdom;

The neo-Norman Summerhouse folly at Benington Lordship. The folly was designed and built by James Pulham of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire in 1838.

Monuments Architecture Harston, Cambridgeshire, England, 1739, Gregory Wale

West Wales, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Pembrokeshire Coastal Path, Long Distance Footpath, Ceibwr Bay, Sunny Day, Cliffs, Coast, Coastal, Coastline, Synclines, Anticlines, Geomorphology, IPSV5271, IPSV5272, IPSC2294, IPSV1296, IPSV6272,

Gatehouse; Folly; Follies; Sham; Mock; Ruin; neo-Norman; Benington; Lordship; Stevenage; Hertfordshire; Gardens; Flowers; Plants; Botanical; Countryside; Manor House; Architectural; Architectural; Building; Ornament; Decoration; Portrait; Colour; Landscape; England; United Kingdom;

The neo-Norman Gatehouse folly at Benington Lordship during the spring display of naturalized snowdrops of which the gardens of Benington is famous for. The folly was designed and built by James Pulham of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire in 1838.

Gatehouse; Folly; Follies; Sham; Mock; Ruin; neo-Norman; Benington; Lordship; Stevenage; Hertfordshire; Gardens; Snowdrops; Flowers; Plants; Botanical; Countryside; Manor House; Architectural; Architectural; Building; Ornament; Decoration; Colour; Landscape; England; United Kingdom;

The neo-Norman Gatehouse folly at Benington Lordship during the spring display of naturalized snowdrops of which the gardens of Benington is famous for. The folly was designed and built by James Pulham of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire in 1838.

Wales, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Pembrokeshire Coastal Path, Cwm yr Eglwys, Church, Storm Damaged, North Pembrokeshire Coastline,

anticline; arch; bizarre; cave; Ceibwr Bay; Cemaes Head; cliffs; coast; Coast Path; crag; craggy; distant view; erosion; figure; fisherman, geographical; headland; imposing; inlet; landform; landscape format; low tide; National Park; National Trail; natural arch; ocean; Pembrokeshire; rock; rock feature, ; sea; sea shore; shore; South Wales; steep; strata; syncline; tide; Wales; skerry

PEMBROKESHIRE : view from the Coast Path over Ceibwr Bay, on a rocky headland a rock fisherman strikes luck at low tide. Cemaes Head with its convoluted strata is prominent in the far distance. ref: 09445

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)

West Wales, Pembrokeshire, St. Davids, Gatehouse to Cathedral,

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

Aberdeen; allegorical; Archibald Simpson; architecture; artistic; bank; bar; building; city; column; commerce; cornucopia; decoration; figures; folly; imposing; pillar; portico; portrait format; public house; Scotland; statue; street; town; Victorian

ABERDEEN : allegorical figures representing the Riches of Commerce stand above the magnificent granite portico of what is now the Archibald Simpson Bar at No.5 Castle Street. Built between 1839 and 1842 as the headquarters of the North of Scotland Bank, the building was considered the masterpiece of Archibald Simpson, the famous "Architect of Aberdeen" . ref: 02.8/5/10(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)

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)

allegorical; antiquity; Ashbourne; bizarre; burial place; carving; Christian; churchyard; close up; decoration; Derbyshire; England; folly; macabre; melancholy; sadness; skull; St.Oswald; stone; town; art; sculpture

Ashbourne, Derbyshire : Macabre gate pillar in churchyard of the Parish Church of St. Oswald features carved human skulls. ref: 21412

20th Century; architecture; art; Bath; Botanic Gardens; city; classical; Empire Exhibition; England; folly; garden; landscape format; lettering; modern; Sulis; Temple of Minerva

BATH : the 'Temple of Minerva' was rebuilt in the Botanic Gardens in 1926, having been Bath's exhibit at Wembley Empire Exhibition 124. ref: 07.6/1/13(11)

architecture; art; bizarre; building; canal; Docklands; England; folly; harbour; landscape format; London; modern; pillar; sculpture; statue; Canary Wharf; office block; symbol; Isle of Dogs

LONDON DOCKLANDS - Modern symbolic sculptural figure at Canary Wharf ref: (01.1/2/20)

Surrey Hamilton landscape garden folly follies England United Kingdom

The gatehouse; Penrice Castle ruins; Gower Peninsula; Swansea; South Wales; folly; follies; ruin; historic; history; old; ancient; gothic; 1790; building; architecture; travel; tourism; europe; britain; british isles; united kingdom; rural; countryside; TRWAgl92d; horizontal; landscape; holiday cottage; property; to let; vacation; conversion; converted; accommodation;

The gatehouse, Penrice Castle, Gower Peninsula, Swansea, South Wales, built as an extravagant Gothic folly in the 1790s to have the appearance of a ruined castle.

antiquity; architecture; battlements; bizarre; building; castle; England; fake; folly; Gothic; imposing; landscape format; Victorian; tunnel; railway; Clayton; Sussex; South Downs; portal; engineering; David Metcalf; J.U.Rastrick; cottage; Brighton

Sussex - the South Downs : this is the northern portal of the 1 1/4 mile long CLAYTON TUNNEL on the main London to Brighton railway line. The Gothic portal was designed by David Metcalf and the tunnel opened in 1841 with the tunnel keeper's cottage, by J.U. Rastrick, added some ten years later. ref: 07.5/2/2

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)

The gatehouse; Penrice Castle ruins; Gower Peninsula; Swansea; South Wales; folly; follies; ruin; historic; history; old; ancient; gothic; 1790; building; architecture; travel; tourism; europe; britain; british isles; united kingdom; rural; countryside; TRWAgl90d; horizontal; landscape; holiday; vacation; road; remains; relic; holiday accommodation; converted; conversion; property

The gatehouse, Penrice Castle, Gower Peninsula, Swansea, South Wales, built as an extravagant Gothic folly in the 1790s to have the appearance of a ruined castle.

18th century; antiquity; Arch; architecture; Bath; building; castle; crenellated; England; fantasy; folly; gate; gateway; Gothic; hill top; landscape format; Romantic; ruin; stone; Bath; Ralph Allen; Sham Castle; wall

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)

Bosherton; coast; Coast Path; estate; landscape format; Lily Pond; National Nature Reserve; National Park; National Trust; path; peaceful; Pembrokeshire; river; rural; South Wales; Stackpole; summer; swan; tranquil; valley; Wales; wild flowers; woodland, pond, lake,

SOUTH PEMBROKESHIRE : early morning at Bosherton Lily Pool : the hollow in the woods on the right is a sunken lane leading shortly up to Bosherton village. Pembrokeshire Coast Path. ref: 08627