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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)

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)

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

inscription; Architecture; Monument; Isle of Anglesey; Menai Straits; Arts; outsider art; heritage; antiques; history; follies; sculpture; buildings; statue; conservation; holidays; hotels; tourism; inscription; latin

Isle of Anglesey folly Marquess of Anglesey column - close symetrical shot showing inscription on south face of column base

Architecture; Monument; Isle of Anglesey; heritage; antiques; history; follies; buildings; statue; conservation; holidays; hotels; tourism; inscription

Isle of Anglesey folly Marquess of Anglesey column - entire column from north facing base with english inscription

North Wales Island Anglesey UK Britain Llanfair PG P G Aerial Overhead View Road Town Village Anglesey Monument Straight House Housing Field Horizontal DCP0312

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)

Architecture; Monument; Isle of Anglesey; Arts; outsider art; heritage; antiques; history; follies; sculpture; buildings; statue; conservation; holidays; hotels; tourism

Isle of Anglesey folly Marquess of Anglesey column - complete column from behind, Marquess facing away to South

Architecture; Monument; Isle of Anglesey; Menai Straits; Arts; outsider art; heritage; antiques; history; follies; sculpture; buildings; statue; conservation; holidays; hotels; tourism

Isle of Anglesey folly Marquess of Anglesey column - top only view, facing forward, through nearby surrounding trees

Architecture; Monument; Isle of Anglesey; Menai Straits; Arts; outsider art; heritage; antiques; history; follies; sculpture; buildings; statue; conservation; holidays; hotels; tourism

Isle of Anglesey folly Marquess of Anglesey column - top only view above nearby surrounding trees

Architecture; Monument; Isle of Anglesey; Menai Straits; Arts; outsider art; heritage; antiques; history; follies; sculpture; buildings; statue; conservation; holidays; hotels; tourism

Isle of Anglesey folly Marquess of Anglesey column - top only view above nearby surrounding trees balanced frame to left

Architecture; Monument; Isle of Anglesey; Menai Straits; Arts; outsider art; heritage; antiques; history; follies; sculpture; buildings; statue; conservation; holidays; hotels; tourism

Isle of Anglesey folly Marquess of Anglesey column - long shot soft focus of column through tree branches

Architecture; Monument; Isle of Anglesey; Menai Straits; Arts; outsider art; heritage; antiques; history; follies; sculpture; buildings; statue; conservation; holidays; hotels; tourism

Isle of Anglesey folly Marquess of Anglesey column - medium shot below through branches of nearby trees

Architecture; Monument; Isle of Anglesey; Menai Straits; Arts; outsider art; heritage; antiques; history; follies; sculpture; buildings; statue; conservation; holidays; hotels; tourism; garden

Isle of Anglesey folly Marquess of Anglesey column - long shot with column in distance appearing above nearby private garden

Architecture; Monument; Isle of Anglesey; Menai Straits; Arts; outsider art; heritage; antiques; history; follies; sculpture; buildings; statue; conservation; holidays; hotels; tourism; hedge

Isle of Anglesey folly Marquess of Anglesey column - soft focus of column in distance rising above copper coloured hedge

Architecture; Monument; Isle of Anglesey; Menai Straits; Arts; outsider art; heritage; antiques; history; follies; sculpture; buildings; statue; conservation; holidays; hotels; tourism

Isle of Anglesey folly Marquess of Anglesey column - fisheye view from near base

Architecture; Monument; Isle of Anglesey; Menai Straits; Arts; outsider art; heritage; antiques; history; follies; sculpture; buildings; statue; conservation; holidays; hotels; tourism

Isle of Anglesey folly Marquess of Anglesey column - fisheye distorted shot of entire column

Architecture; Monument; Isle of Anglesey; Menai Straits; Arts; outsider art; heritage; antiques; history; follies; sculpture; buildings; statue; conservation; holidays; hotels; tourism

Isle of Anglesey folly Marquess of Anglesey column - fisheye frontal shot from top of column

Architecture; Monument; Isle of Anglesey; Menai Straits; Arts; outsider art; heritage; antiques; history; follies; sculpture; buildings; statue; conservation; holidays; hotels; tourism

Isle of Anglesey folly Marquess of Anglesey column - fisheye distorted shot from top of column with 'Marquess' looking out across Menai Straits and toward his home Plas Newydd

Architecture; Monument; Isle of Anglesey; Menai Straits; Arts; outsider art; heritage; antiques; history; follies; sculpture; buildings; statue; conservation; holidays; hotels; tourism; cherry blossom

Isle of Anglesey folly Marquess of Anglesey column - soft focus of column above cherry blossom tree in flower mid March

Architecture; Monument; Isle of Anglesey; Menai Straits; Arts; outsider art; heritage; antiques; history; follies; sculpture; buildings; statue; conservation; holidays; hotels; tourism; cherry blossom

Isle of Anglesey folly Marquess of Anglesey column - long shot above soft focus cherry blossom

Architecture; Monument; Isle of Anglesey; Menai Straits; Arts; outsider art; heritage; antiques; history; follies; sculpture; buildings; statue; conservation; holidays; hotels; tourism; lleyn peninsular; blue; Plas Newydd

Isle of Anglesey folly Marquess of Anglesey column - fisheye distorted shot from top of column with 'Marquess' looking out across Menai Straits and toward his home Plas Newydd and further to Lleyn peninsular

Architecture; Monument; Isle of Anglesey; Menai Straits; Arts; outsider art; heritage; antiques; history; follies; sculpture; buildings; statue; conservation; holidays; hotels; tourism; Plas Newydd; Lleyn peninsular; North Wales

Isle of Anglesey folly Marquess of Anglesey column - portrait fisheye view from top of column and the 'Marquess' point of view - down the Menai Straits and his home Plas Newydd and further to Lleyn peninsular

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)

Civilisations Society Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobollllantysiliogogoch, Anglesey, Wales, longest place name, car dealers

Architecture; Monument; Isle of Anglesey; Menai Straits; heritage; history; buildings; conservation; holidays; hotels; tourism; Snowdonia; Lleyn peninsular; bridges; engineering; Plas Newydd; North Wales; sea

Isle of Anglesey folly Marquess of Anglesey column - fisheye/panoramic view, Menai Straits, Snowdonia range, lleyn Peninsular, Plas Newydd - even Nelson monument almost dead centre on banks of Straits

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

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

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

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

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)

marquess; Anglesey; statue; column; folly; island; Llanfair P.G.; north wales.

Marquess of Anglesey statue on top of column at Llanfair P.G. Anglesey,North Wales.

Bridges Architecture 1904AngleseyLlanfair PGPostcardsSuspension BridgeTubular BridgeWales, Llanfairpwllgwyn, ENCCYM

Architectural; Architecture; Building; Buildings; Horizontal; Hotel; Hotels; Streetscape; Streetscapes; Village; Villages; cross street

Poplars Hotel cross street Moulton Northamptonshire

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)

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)

20th century, Building, Folly, Gwynedd, Portmeirion, Wales, 20th, century, 1990

Llanfair PG; station; platform; ticket; Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch; BR; British Railways; souvenir; tourist; memorabilia; ephemera; longest; long; name;

"Llanfair PG" station platform ticket

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

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

Architecture; Monument; skies; Nelson; sculpture; Arts; outsider art; heritage; antiques; history; coastline; landscapes; folly; militaria; battle; engineering

medium shot, Nelson framed centre

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

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

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

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; 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; 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)

Architecture; Monument; Menai Straits; water; skies; Nelson; sculpture; Arts; outsider art; heritage; antiques; history; coastline; landscapes; sea; folly; militaria; battle; engineering; life boat

long landscape shot, Nelson silhouetted against blue/grey clouded sky, soft focus seaweed in immediate foreground

Architecture; Monument; Menai Straits; water; skies; Nelson; sculpture; Arts; outsider art; heritage; antiques; history; coastline; landscapes; sea; folly; militaria; battle; engineering; seaweed

long shot, Nelson framed to left soft focus in distance, sharp seaweed in close foreground

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)

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)

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; Monument; Menai Straits; water; skies; Nelson; sculpture; Arts; outsider art; heritage; antiques; history; coastline; landscapes; sea; folly; militaria; battle; engineering; life boat

long shot, Nelson framed to right with view along Menai Straits to west, life boat moored nearby, moody sky

Architecture; Monument; bridges; Britannia; Menai Straits; water; skies; Nelson; sculpture; Arts; outsider art; heritage; antiques; history; coastline; landscapes; sea; folly; militaria; roads; battle; engineering

medium shot, Nelson framed to left with view to Britannia Bridge over Menai Straits

Architecture; Monument; Menai Straits; water; skies; Nelson; sculpture; Arts; outsider art; heritage; antiques; history; coastline; landscapes; sea; folly; militaria; battle; engineering; life boat; rescue

medium shot portrait, Nelson framed slightly left in silhouette small area of Menai Straits with boat visible at bottom right

Architecture; Monument; Menai Straits; water; skies; Nelson; sculpture; Arts; outsider art; heritage; antiques; history; coastline; landscapes; sea; folly; militaria; battle; engineering; seaweed; life boat; rescue

long shot landscape, Nelson framed to right with view along Menai Straits, life boat moored nearby, soft focus seaweed in close foreground

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

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)

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.

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

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)

Cape Neddick; Inn; ME; Maine; New England; Viewpoint Hotel; York; coast; coastal; hotel; hotels; inns; luxury; waterfront

Viewpoint Hotel, Cape Neddick, York, Maine, ME, USA

Cape Neddick; Inn; ME; Maine; New England; Viewpoint Hotel; York; coast; coastal; hotel; hotels; inns; luxury; waterfront

Viewpoint Hotel, Cape Neddick, York, Maine, ME, USA

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

'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

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; 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

hotel, hotels, inn, inns, resting, Northamptonshire, Mary Queen of Scots, Execution, beheading, coaching, historic, history, conservation, heritage, preservation, travel, England, coaching

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)

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

Edgartown; Inn; MA; Martha's Vineyard; Massachusetts; New England; Travel; accommodations; expensive; hotel; hotels; inns; porch; resort; town; towns; USA

Harbor View Hotel, Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA

Architecture; Monument; skies; Nelson; sculpture; Arts; outsider art; heritage; antiques; history; folly; militaria; battle; engineering

close shot, Nelson centred and close to near bottom of plinth

Architecture; Monument; skies; Nelson; sculpture; Arts; outsider art; heritage; antiques; history; folly; militaria; battle; engineering

close shot, Nelson centred facing forward

Inn; Lighthouse Inn and Restaurant; ME; Maine; Mt Desert Island; New England; Seal Harbor; coast; coastal; inns; lighthouse; lighthouses; quaint; restaurant; restaurants; scenics; town; towns; village; villages; USA

Lighthouse Inn and Restaurant, Seal Harbor, Maine

B&B; Captain Lindsey House Inn; Inn; Maine; New England; Rockland; accommodation; accommodations; architecture; bed and breakfast; hotel; hotels; inns; quaint; USA

Captain Lindsey House Inn, Rockland, Maine, USA

Edgartown; Inn; MA; Martha's Vineyard; Massachusetts; New England; Travel; Water Street; accommodations; architecture; elegant; expensive; exterior; hotel; hotels; inns; landmark; resort; town; towns; USA

The Victorian Inn, Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA

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

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)

Edgartown; Historic Hotel of America; Inn; Kelly House Hotel; Martha's Vineyard; Massachusetts; Travel; accommodations; charming; historic; hotel; hotels; inns; picket fence; quaint; roses; sign; signage; USA

Kelly House Hotel, Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA

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)

Bingley, Harden, Folly, follies, Benjamin Ferrand, Coniferous woodland, 1796, St David's riun, Ferrand's folly, inscription

Edgartown; Inn; MA; Martha's Vineyard; Massachusetts; New England; Travel; accommodations; dusk; expensive; hotel; hotels; illuminated; inns; night; porch; reflection; resort; town; towns; USA

Harbor View Hotel, Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA

The George Hotel, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, coaching, inn, inns, Great North Road, Ermine Street, building, buildings, listed, historic, history, preservation, conservation, heritage

The George Hotel, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, coaching, inn, inns, Great North Road, Ermine Street, building, buildings, listed, historic, history, preservation, conservation, heritage ;

Edgartown; Inn; MA; Martha's Vineyard; Massachusetts; New England; Travel; Water Street; accommodations; architecture; elegantt; expensive; exterior; hotel; hotels; inns; landmark; resort; town; towns; USA

The Victorian Inn, Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA

Commercial Buildings; Holiday Inn; Hotel; IHG; Intercontinental Hotels Group; accommodation; banner; brand; entrance; exterior; horizontal; information; lodging; notice; outside; overnight; road; room; sign; sleep; stay; street

Exterior of the Holiday Inn, South Reading by junction 11 of the M4.

Commercial Buildings; Holiday Inn; Hotel; IHG; Intercontinental Hotels Group; accommodation; banner; brand; entrance; exterior; horizontal; information; lodging; notice; outside; overnight; road; room; sign; sleep; stay; street

Exterior of the Holiday Inn, South Reading by junction 11 of the M4.

Commercial Buildings; Holiday Inn; Hotel; IHG; Intercontinental Hotels Group; accommodation; banner; brand; entrance; exterior; horizontal; information; lodging; notice; outside; overnight; road; room; sign; sleep; stay; street; vertical

Holiday Inn sign, South Reading by junction 11 of the M4.

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

Mistley Towers, Mistley, Manningtree, Essex, River Stour, folly, building, eccentric, odd, unusual, memorial, 1776, 18th century, 1770s, attraction, tourist, visitors, East Anglia, architecture, building, IPSV0576, IPSV2262, IPSV2678, IPSV0576, IPSV2262, IPSV2678, architecture, building,

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 wass built.

Edgartown; Inn; MA; Martha's Vineyard; Massachusetts; New England; Travel; accommodations; expensive; hotel; hotels; inns; resort; town; towns; USA

Harbor View Hotel, Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA

Anglesey; antiquity; architecture; column; estate; folly; imposing; landmark; memorial; military; obelisk; pillar; portrait format; rural; statue; tower; tower, ; Wales; whimsy; soldier; Henry Paget; Llanfairpwll; Marquess of Anglesey; commemoration

Isle of Anglesey : the Anglesey Column, some 90 feet in height, was completed in 1817 as a tribute to Henry Paget, Marquess of Anglesey (1768-1854) who, as an aide to the Duke of Wellington, lost a leg at Waterloo. It stands close to the village of Llanfairpwll and overlooks the Menai Strait. ref: 04.1/3/5(01)

Architectural; Architecture; Building; Buildings; Follies; Folly UK Georgian Gothicised Gothic Historic Eighteenth-century Horizontal landscape Boughton park Structures

The Hawking Tower, Boughton park Northamptonshire Built some time Between 1739 and 1756 The Tower a Grade11 Listed Structure. The Follies of Boughton park are the Largest collection of such structures in Northamptonshire.

Architectural; Architecture; Building; Buildings; Follies; Folly UK Georgian Gothicised Gothic Historic Eighteenth-century vertical landscape Boughton park Structures

The Hawking Tower, Boughton park Northamptonshire Built some time Between 1739 and 1756 The Tower a Grade11 Listed Structure. The Follies of Boughton park are the Largest collection of such structures in Northamptonshire.

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)