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Paxton's Tower, near Llanarthne,...
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tower, folly, Paxton's, William Paxton, stone, arch, arches, turrets, Nelson's Folly, Towy Valley, Llanarthne, hillside, overlooking, view, horizon, Carmarthenshire,
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Paxton's Tower stands overlooking the Towy Valley near the village of Llanarthne,Carmarthenshire. It is also known as "Nelson's Folly" because stories have it that William Paxton built it as a tribute to Lord Nelson.
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Paxton's Tower, Llanarthney, Wales
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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,
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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
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Crystal Palace - Canada
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1850s; 1887; Architecture; British; building; Canada; clouds; crystal; crystal palace; design; detail; English culture; glass; great exhibition; great exhibition; green; innovation; Joseph paxton; Ontario; paxton; prince Edward county; restored; roof; shingles; sir Joseph paxton; sky; structure; symmetrical; symmetry; tower; windows; wooden; yellow
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Crystal Palace - Canada
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1850s; 1887; Architecture; British; building; Canada; clouds; crystal; crystal palace; design; detail; English culture; glass; grass; great exhibition; great exhibition; green; innovation; Joseph paxton; Ontario; paxton; portrait; prince Edward county; restored; roof; shingles; sir Joseph paxton; sky; structure; symmetrical; symmetry; tower; windows; wooden; yellow
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Crystal Palace - Canada
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1850s; 1887; Architecture; British; building; Canada; clouds; crystal; crystal palace; design; detail; doors; English culture; glass; grass; great exhibition; great exhibition; green; innovation; Joseph paxton; Ontario; paxton; prince Edward county; restored; roof; shingles; sir Joseph paxton; sky; structure; symmetrical; symmetry; tower; windows; wooden; yellow
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Crystal Palace - Canada
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1850s; 1887; Architecture; British; building; Canada; clouds; crystal; crystal palace; design; detail; doors; English culture; glass; grass; great exhibition; great exhibition; green; innovation; Joseph paxton; Ontario; paxton; prince Edward county; restored; roof; shingles; sir Joseph paxton; sky; structure; symmetrical; symmetry; tower; windows; wooden; yellow
RM FOT892507
Paxton's Tower. Llanarthney,...
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Walks; holidays; scenery; colour; colourful; building; National Trust; Nelson; memorial
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Paxton Tower was built about 1811 to desighns by S.P. Cockerell as a memorial to Nelson, but also as an eye-catcher for Middleton Hall, long since demolished, but whose footprint is now preserved at the heart of the National Botanic Gardens of Wales. The vew from the tower is the whole vale of Tywi whose green windings your eye can follow for 30 miles.
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Paxton's Tower. Llanarthney,...
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Holiday; Nelson; vacation; walking; wales; interest; views; National Trust; 1811; memorial; Tower; vale; Tywi; National Botanic Gardens; expance; country
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Paxton Tower was built about 1811 to desighns by S.P. Cockerell as a memorial to Nelson, but also as an eye-catcher for Middleton Hall, long since demolished, but whose footprint is now preserved at the heart of the National Botanic Gardens of Wales.
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Crystal Palace - Canada
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1850s; 1887; Architecture; British; building; Canada; clouds; crystal; crystal palace; design; detail; doors; English culture; glass; great exhibition; great exhibition; green; innovation; Joseph paxton; Ontario; paxton; prince Edward county; restored; roof; shingles; sir Joseph paxton; sky; structure; windows; wooden; yellow
RM FOT847100
Crystal Palace and Prospect Towers
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Crystal Palace, Prospect Towers, Sydenham Hill, Upper Norwood, London, SE19, architecture, buildings, exhibition, 1851, Prince Albert, Joseph Paxton, IPSV0576, IPSV5994, IPSV5050, IPSV1120, IPSV2678, IPSV2262, IPSV2647,
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The two Prospect Towers in Sydenham Hill, Upper Norwood, London, SE19, on either side of the Crystal Palace, before it was destroyed by fire on Monday 30 November 1936.
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Crystal Palace and Prospect Towers
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Crystal Palace, Prospect Towers, Sydenham Hill, Upper Norwood, London, SE19, architecture, buildings, exhibition, 1851, Prince Albert, Joseph Paxton, IPSV0576, IPSV5994, IPSV5050, IPSV1120, IPSV2678, IPSV2262, IPSV2647,
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The two Prospect Towers in Sydenham Hill, Upper Norwood, London, SE19, on either side of the Crystal Palace. Seen in early uncredited photo on undated, unused postcard. Best guess on date, Edwardian.
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Luttrell's Tower - Folly
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IPSV0533 Ancient monuments; Lepe; Luttrell; Luttrell's; Luttrell's tower; Towers; United Kingdom; Beach; Folly; Luttrells tower; Sea weed; Tower; Southampton; "(c) Mike Watson"; England; Europe; Follies; Hampshire; IPSV1166 Monuments (ancient); IPSV2678 Follies (historic); IPSV5264 Historic monuments (ancient); IPSV5265 Historic monuments (buildings)
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Luttrells Tower was built in the 1780`s by Thomas Sandby. It has three storeys and a cellar. From the cellar there is a tunnel that leads on to the beach.
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Luttrell's Tower - Folly
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Luttrell's tower; Towers; Tower; Follies; Folly; United Kingdom; England; Hampshire ; Luttrells Tower; Luttrell's ; Luttrell; beach; sea weed; IPSV2678 Follies (historic); IPSV1166 Monuments (ancient) ; IPSV5265 Historic monuments (buildings); IPSV5264 Historic monuments (ancient); IPSV0533 Ancient monuments
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Luttrells Tower was built in the 1780`s by Thomas Sandby. It has three storeys and a cellar. From the cellar there is a tunnel that leads on to the beach.;IPSV2678;
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Paxton's Tower. Llanarthney
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Nelson; Wales; walking; landscapes; Llanarthney; Monument; views; holiday; vacation;
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Paxton's Tower was built about 1811 to designs by S. P. Cockerell as a memorial to Nelson, but also as an eye-catcher for Middleton Hall, long since demolished, but whose footprint is now preserved at the heart of the National Botanic Gardens of Wales. Behind the foot of the Tower is the finer view embracing the whole vale of the Tywi, whose green windings your eye can follow for 30 miles or more.
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Faringdon Folly
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Lord Berners Folly; Faringdon; Faringdon Folly; Folly Hill; Gothic; Mock Battlements; Newest Folly; Last Major Folly Built; Oxfordshire; England; Tower, 100ft Tower; buildings; Tall; look out; Scaffolding; work; pulley; rope; building site; porta loo; woodland; inside tower; looking up; wooden stairs;
RM FOT701342
Mistley Towers, Essex - a 1776 folly
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Mistley, Mistley Towers, tower, Essex, River Stour, Stour, estuary, Manningtree, Harwich, folly, eccentric, 1776, 18th century, odd, unusual, branches, trees, IPSV0576, IPSV2262, IPSV2678, IPSV0015,
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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.
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Watchtower, St Cuthbert Cemetery...
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Watchtower, Follies, Folly, Scotland, Cemetery, grave yard, St Cuthbert, Scottish, Burke and Hare, Grave Robbers, Body Snatchers, UK, Great Briton, BIZBIL, Tower, watch, Auld Reekie, Edinburgh, Embra, Watch-tower, Scottish Capital, Lothian, Midlothian, Rebus, Ian Rankin, UK, Great briton,
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Faringdon Folly
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Lord Berners Folly; Faringdon; Faringdon Folly; Folly Hill; Gothic; Mock Battlements; Newest Folly; Last Major Folly Built; Oxfordshire; England; Tower, 100ft Tower; buildings; Tall; look out; Scaffolding; work; pulley; rope; building site; porta loo; woodland; looking down; stair case; inside tower; work lights; wooden stairs;
RM FOT787963
Wilder's Folly
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architectural; architecture; Berkshire; building; country; England; EU; Europe; field; Flint's Folly; Follies; folly; footpath; GB; Great Britain; historic; listed building; Nunhide Tower; permissive route; Pigeon Tower; Pincent's Kiln; public footpath; Reading; right of way; rural; Sulham; UK; United Kingdom; Wilder's Folly
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A landscape view of Wilder's Folly set in the countryside outside Reading in Berkshire. A dramatic late summer sky of white clouds set against a blue sky.
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Wilder's Folly
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architectural; architecture; Berkshire; building; country; England; EU; Europe; field; Flint's Folly; Follies; folly; footpath; GB; Great Britain; historic; listed building; Nunhide Tower; permissive route; Pigeon Tower; Pincent's Kiln; public footpath; Reading; right of way; rural; Sulham; UK; United Kingdom; Wilder's Folly
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A portrait (vertical) view of Wilder's Folly set in the countryside outside Reading in Berkshire. A dramatic late summer sky of white clouds set against a blue sky.
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Joseph Paxton (1801-1865), English...
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British
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Joseph Paxton (1801-1865), English gardener and architect. Superintendent of the Duke of Devonshire's gardens at Chiswick and Chatsworth from 1826, and designer of the Crystal Palace, 1851. He set up the Daily News, appointing Charles Dickens as editor. He was Liberal Member of Parliament for Coventry from 1854. Paxton was born into abject poverty but died a very wealthy man. After photograph by W.E. Kilburn, (London, 1853). Engraving.
RM FOT701343
Mistley Towers, Essex - a 1776 folly
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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,
Description
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.
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Mistley Towers, Essex
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Mistley tower Essex folly follies church churchyard architecture Robert Adam neoclassical style cupola unfluted Ionic columns decorative cornice
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Mistley Towers are the twin towers of the now demolished Church of St. Mary the Virgin at Mistley in Essex. The original Georgian parish church on the site had been built in classical style early in the 18th century following the death of Richard Rigby Esquire. Later in that century there was a grandiose plan by his son, the wealthy politician Richard Rigby, to transform Mistley Thorn into a spa town. Rigby wished to see a church from the windows of his mansion and a suitably grand church was required for the affluent visitors expected to patronise the new spa. Thus in 1776, the great architect Robert Adam was commissioned to enhance the church. His design was in the neoclassical style, with a tower at both the east and the west ends of the church. These are now all that remain of the once magnificent structure. The square symmetrical towers are in the neoclassical style, resembling tall pavilions rather than towers, with each facade pedimented and the whole surmounted by a cupola decorated with blind windows interspersed by Ionic columns. At ground floor level two unfluted ionic columns at each corner support a decorative cornice. The columns are decorative only, and appear to serve no structural purpose. The design of the towers creates the impression that the building was once more of a miniature cathedral than a parish church. However, the main body of the church was small and occupied the (now empty) site between the two towers. It was a single story structure with a simple hipped r
RM FOT902947
Mistley Towers, Essex
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Mistley tower Essex folly follies church churchyard architecture Robert Adam neoclassical style cupola unfluted Ionic columns decorative cornice England
Description
Mistley Towers are the twin towers of the now demolished Church of St. Mary the Virgin at Mistley in Essex. The original Georgian parish church on the site had been built in classical style early in the 18th century following the death of Richard Rigby Esquire. Later in that century there was a grandiose plan by his son, the wealthy politician Richard Rigby, to transform Mistley Thorn into a spa town. Rigby wished to see a church from the windows of his mansion and a suitably grand church was required for the affluent visitors expected to patronise the new spa. Thus in 1776, the great architect Robert Adam was commissioned to enhance the church. His design was in the neoclassical style, with a tower at both the east and the west ends of the church. These are now all that remain of the once magnificent structure. The square symmetrical towers are in the neoclassical style, resembling tall pavilions rather than towers, with each facade pedimented and the whole surmounted by a cupola decorated with blind windows interspersed by Ionic columns. At ground floor level two unfluted ionic columns at each corner support a decorative cornice. The columns are decorative only, and appear to serve no structural purpose. The design of the towers creates the impression that the building was once more of a miniature cathedral than a parish church. However, the main body of the church was small and occupied the (now empty) site between the two towers. It was a single story structure with a simple hipped r
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