United Kingdom Follies Building Types History
United Kingdom Follies Building Types History
United Kingdom
A costly but useless structure within the United Kingdom, often a tower or sham Gothic or classical ruin in a landscaped park, intended to enhance the view or picturesque effect.
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- Built in 1827 for the accomplished but eccentric William Beckford, it is now a museum. The Bath Preservation Trust provides photographs, a brief history and description, and visitor information.
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- An illustrated introduction by Ed Broom to this six-story 16th-century building overlooking the River Orwell in Suffolk, with extracts about it from various guidebooks.
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- Online tours, hundreds of photographs and information about Portmeirion, North Wales, a picturesque village created by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, including architectural follies.
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- The official site for this 18th-century garden with grottos and architectural oddities created in Shropshire, England, by Sir Rowland Hill. Photographs, brief history and visitor information.
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- Official site for this 18th-century garden dotted with follies. Photographs, description and visitor information.
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- Biography of this eccentric Georgian squire and MP, remembered for folly building, philanthropy and patronage of the arts and sciences. Includes photographs and descriptions of his follies.
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- J.K. Gillon's illustrated description and discussion of the inspiration for the Dunmore Pineapple garden folly, built in 1761.
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- Eccentric buildings built by British eccentrics. A photograph and description of each building arranged by county, or accessible via the clickable map. Eccentric buildings built by British eccentrics.
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- Pavilions of Splendour defines a folly and provides illustrated descriptions of some examples.
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