Built in 1760 by James Bridges for William Reeve. It was the entrance to the stables at Arno's Court. The stables were the Black Castle, now a public house. The arch was moved in 1912 to its present position as the entrance to Arno's Court Bath House. It was restored in 1995. There are four statues, King Edward 1st, King Edward 3rd, Robert Earl of Gloucester and Geoffrey, Bishop of Coutances. These are copies of early statues.
The Temple of the Four Winds; temple; temple of the four winds; four winds; cube; dome; porticos; pavillion; Castle Howard; stately home; private residence; residence; English country house; country house; Howard family; Treasure houses of England; heritage; Grade 1 listed; landscaped gardens; SE7170; film location; Brideshead Revisited; listed building; gardens; design by; Sir John Vanbrugh; tourist attraction; Architecture; architectural; design; grand; imposing; rich; wealthy; wealth; aristocracy; aristocratic; privileged; UK; United Kingdom; England; North Yorkshire; York, sunny, ph82b, ph82c,
Henry Flitcroft, lake, building, gardens, Claude Lorrain, Henry Hoare, temple, Rome. Corinthian style, steps, pedimented portico, Stourton village, columns, bronze sculptures, arched niches, Bacchus, Roman god of wine, nymph, Wiltshire, England, Britain, folly, follies
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Built in 1754 from a design by Henry Flitcroft, based upon a Claude Lorrain painting of the Pantheon Temple in Rome, Stourhead's Pantheon sits on a small grass slope above the lake.
Henry Flitcroft, lake, building, gardens, Claude Lorrain, Henry Hoare, temple, Rome. Corinthian style, steps, pedimented portico, Stourton village, columns, bronze sculptures, arched niches, Bacchus, Roman god of wine, nymph, Wiltshire, England, Britain, folly, follies
Description
Built in 1754 from a design by Henry Flitcroft, based upon a Claude Lorrain painting of the Pantheon Temple in Rome, Stourhead's Pantheon sits on a small grass slope above the lake.
Clavell Tower overlooking Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset. Built in 1830/1 by the Rev John Richards Clavell but due to coastal erosion was dismantled and rebuilt further back in 2005/6
Broadway Tower, built by Lady Coventry in 1797, near Broadway village, situated at the highest point in the Cotswolds at 1024 feet, beacon hill, folly, mock castle, architect James Wyatt, James Wyatt. UK, United Kingdom, Great Britain, England, Cotswolds, Cotswold Hills, Gloucestershire, Broadway, English Village, Cotswolds Village, Visitor Attraction, Pretty Village, Picturesque Village, Summer, Sunny Day, White Clouds, Sunshine, English, Nigel Cummings, Broadway, Tower, Worcestershire, Country Park, Blue Sky, building, ancient, monument, Cotswolds, Earl of Coventry, Europe. TIF, extreme wide angle perspective, Castle
Broadway Tower, built by Lady Coventry in 1797, near Broadway village, situated at the highest point in the Cotswolds at 1024 feet, beacon hill, folly, mock castle, architect James Wyatt, James Wyatt. UK, United Kingdom, Great Britain, England, Cotswolds, Cotswold Hills, Gloucestershire, Broadway, English Village, Cotswolds Village, Visitor Attraction, Pretty Village, Picturesque Village, Summer, Sunny Day, White Clouds, Sunshine, English, Nigel Cummings, Broadway, Tower, Worcestershire, Country Park, Blue Sky, building, ancient, monument, Cotswolds, Earl of Coventry, Europe. TIF, extreme wide angle perspective
Broadway Tower, built by Lady Coventry in 1797, near Broadway village, situated at the highest point in the Cotswolds at 1024 feet, beacon hill, folly, mock castle, architect James Wyatt, James Wyatt. UK, United Kingdom, Great Britain, England, Cotswolds, Cotswold Hills, Gloucestershire, Broadway, English Village, Cotswolds Village, Visitor Attraction, Pretty Village, Picturesque Village, Summer, Sunny Day, White Clouds, Sunshine, English, Nigel Cummings, Broadway, Tower, Worcestershire, Country Park, Blue Sky, building, ancient, monument, Cotswolds, Earl of Coventry, Europe
Red brick-built octagonal folly high on chalk downland - Brickworth Down. Two floors with pyramidal roof. Topped by a weathercock. Built by Giles Eyre, local landowner, as a statement of status , as a lookout, or perhaps both? The Folly and its surroundings are maintained by the National Trust (NT) Fine views to the coast in the South and Salisbury Cathedral: 7 miles NW. Locally known as Pepperbox for its resemblance to 17C and 18C Pepper Pot or Box.
named after the HUER, an important figure in the pilchard industry. theHYER would watch the sea for the shoals of pilchards and signal their coming to the local fishermen
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;
Leeds master builder George Nettleton, was believed to have completed the Castle folly in Roundhay Park, built mainly from cobbles quarried from deposits in the ground nearby.
antiquity; architecture; building; England; folly; landmark; memorial; tower; 19th Century; obelisk, tower, Somerset, Blackdown Hills, Wellington, Napoleonic Wars, Iron Duke, Vale of Taunton Deane, commemorative, Duke of Wellington, hill top, needle,
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Blackdown Hills, Somerset : the WELLINGTON OBELISK, built in 1817-18 to commemorate the Iron Duke, stands on the crest of the Blackdown Hills overlooking the Vale of Taunton Deane and the little town of Wellington itself. ref: 1035489
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)
BROADWAY TOWER stands at 1,048 feet on the Cotswold Edge overlooking the Vale of Evesham. Built in 1798 by the Earl of Coventry in Gothic Revival style as a prospect tower on the crest of Broadway Hill.
Scott A. McNealy photographer; fotoLibra; United Kingdom; Europe; England; Britain; Architecture; folly; Broadway Tower; Tower; tourism; tourists; day-out; day out; holiday; vacation; sight-seeing; sight seeing; man lying down on grass; man lying on grass; history; follies; located on Broadway Hill; between Evesham and Moreton-in-Marsh; near the village of Broadway; Worcestershire; Saxon tower; designed by James Wyatt in 1794
Scott A. McNealy photographer; fotoLibra; United Kingdom; Europe; England; Britain; Architecture; folly; Broadway Tower; Tower; tourism; tourists; day-out; day out; holiday; vacation; sight-seeing; sight seeing; man lying down on grass; man lying on grass; history; follies; located on Broadway Hill; between Evesham and Moreton-in-Marsh; near the village of Broadway; Worcestershire; Saxon tower; designed by James Wyatt in 1794
Obelisk II Obelisk, said to be waterworks marker. Early - mid C19. Limestone ashlar, plinth of rusticated V-jointed ashlar. Square plinth about one metre high, obelisk about 10 metres high with pyramidal top and small opening at top on 2 sides. Stonework very weathered. Grade II Listed building (source English Heretige)
Obelisk II Obelisk, said to be waterworks marker. Early - mid C19. Limestone ashlar, plinth of rusticated V-jointed ashlar. Square plinth about one metre high, obelisk about 10 metres high with pyramidal top and small opening at top on 2 sides. Stonework very weathered. Grade II Listed building (source English Heretige)
MUSFOL, Sussex, folly, sheep, tower, spire, mad jack fuller, landscape
Description
This was built by (mad)Jack Fuller to resemble Dallington church tower in Sussex, so as to win a bet when viewed from his manor house at Brightling in East Sussex.
This is the real Dallington church spire. The Sugar loaf Folly, was built by (mad)Jack Fuller to resemble Dalington church tower in Sussex, so as to win a bet when viewed from his manor house at Brightling in East Sussex.
Churches Architecture Church, churches, chapels, historic buildings, curio"s.; The chaple was built into the rock face in 1408 to commemorate St.Robert the hermit who lived in a cave on the site(1116/1218.The carving of the knight is supposed to be a likeness of St.Robert but is thought to have been carved at a later date.
Europe; UK; United Kingdom; England; Cornwall; Kernow; Penzance; Chapel Street; Egyptian; house; flamboyant; bizarre; ornate; landmark; John Lavin; mineralogist; geolological museum; hieroglyphics; owners Landmark Trust; architect John Foulston; Architecture; architectural; building; tourism; tourist attraction; holiday; sightseeing; attraction, BIZBIL, vertical, colour, Built around 1835 to house the geological museum of John Lavin a Penzance mineralogist it is situated at Nos 6-7 in Chapel Street Penzance Cornwall BEB179
Europe; UK; United Kingdom; England; Bristol; West Country; Brislington; Arnos Vale; Arnos Court; St Philips Causeway; built in 1760s by William Reeve a wealthy copper smelter to house offices and his stables; William Reeve; quaker; copper; smelter; building blocks are black copper slag; slag; building blocks; Gothic style; Gothic; Walpole described it as the the Devils Cathedral; Walpole; historic; Architecture; now a pub; pub; public house, BIZBIL,
Customs Society, United Kingdom, UK, Great Britain, GB, England, Gloucestershire, City and County of Bristol, Bristol, Sneyd Park, Cooks Folly Road, Cooks Folly, No 5 Cooks Folly, Folly, William Cobb Hurry died at Cooks Folly January 12th 1862 aged 72 years, Built by Cook to protect his son from attack by an unknown enemy foretold by a gipsy - the son was bitten by a viper and died the day before his 21st birthday, legend, Cook, gypsy, viper, adder, story, folklore, LOREOFTHE, horizontal, 7537x5680@300DPI, BIZBIL,
national gallery, Trafalgar square, London, England, united Kingdom, great Britain, water fountain, fountain, night photography, tourist attraction, travel
Stonehenge, stone circle, ancient monument, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, Wessex, England, UK, Europe, stone, stones, sarsen, sarsens, circle
Description
A documentary image of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, taken before the area between the stones was grassed, when it was possible for the visitor to walk freely among the stones.
hadlow; tower; gothic; May; folly; tonbridge; victorian; Europe; United Kingdom; Britain; British; British Isles; Great Britain; U.K.; UK
Description
Hadlow tower is a a Victorian Gothic folly built by Walter May as an addition to the castle which he had inherited. The tower is one of the largest in Britain, and is presenlty the subject of restoration attempts.
hadlow; tower; gothic; May; folly; tonbridge; victorian; Europe; United Kingdom; Britain; British; British Isles; Great Britain; U.K.; UK
Description
Hadlow tower is a a Victorian Gothic folly built by Walter May as an addition to the castle which he had inherited. The tower is one of the largest in Britain, and is presently the subject of restoration attempts.