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- List of folly towers
- Notes
- References
- External links
A folly tower is a tower that has been built as an architectural folly, that is, constructed for ornamental rather than practical reasons. Folly towers are common in Britain and Ireland, and often do have some practical value as landmarks, or as viewpoints, unlike other types of folly. List of folly towers Folly towers| Name | Location | County | Year built | Notes | | Beckford's Tower | Bath | Somerset | 1827 | built by owner as a library and retreat | | Bettison's Folly | Hornsea | East Riding of Yorkshire | 19th century | | | Boot's Folly | Strines Reservoir | South Yorkshire | 1927 | built as a job creation scheme | | Brizlee Tower | Alnwick | Northumberland | 1781 | | | Broadway Tower | Broadway | Worcestershire | 1794 | | | Brown's Folly | Bathford | Somerset | 1848 | | | Clavell Tower | Isle of Purbeck | Dorset | 1830 | used as an observatory | | Conygar Tower | Dunster | Somerset | 1775 | | | Cranmore Tower | Cranmore | Somerset | 1860s | | | Culloden Tower | Richmond | North Yorkshire | 1746 | built to commemorate Cumberland's victory in the Battle of Culloden | | Faringdon Folly | Faringdon | Oxfordshire | 1935 | | | Flounder's Folly | Craven Arms | Shropshire | 1838 | | | Fox Tower, Brough | Brough | Cumbria | 1775 | | | Freston Tower | Freston | Suffolk | 15th}}–17th
century | | | Hadlow Tower | Hadlow | Kent | 1838 | | | Hartcliff Folly | Penistone | South Yorkshire | 1856 | | | King Alfred's Tower | Brewham | Somerset | 1760s | built to commemorate the end of the Seven Years' War and accession of George III | | Kingfisher Tower | Otsego Lake | New York | 1876 | built as a job creation scheme | | Luttrell's Tower | Calshot | Hampshire | 1780}} | possibly built as a landmark for smugglers | | Nicolle Tower | Mont Ubé | Jersey | 1821 | | | Paxton's Tower | Llanarthney | Carmarthenshire | 1800s | | | Penny Tower | Galway | County Galway | 1822 | built as a relief work during the Irish Famine, for which workers were paid a penny a day[1] | | Perrot's Folly | Edgbaston | West Midlands | 1758 | | | Folly Tower, Pontypool | Pontypool | Torfaen | 1760s | built as an observatory | | Siddons Tower | near Cork Harbour | County Cork, Ireland | 1777}}[2] | named for actress Sarah Siddons | | Stratton's Tower | Little Berkhamsted | Hertfordshire | 1789 | served as a weather station | | Uig Tower | Uig | Skye | 1860 | | | Volta Tower | Finedon | Northants | 1865 | | | Wainhouse Tower | Halifax | West Yorkshire | 1875 | served as a factory chimney | | Watkin's Tower | Wembley | London | 1895 | not completed | | Wilder's Folly | Sulham | Berks | 1789 | built as a belvedere, also served as a dovecote | |
Notes1. ^1 {{cite news |title=Spires House, Shantalla |first=Tom |last=Kenny |date=June 21, 2018 |newspaper=Galway Advertiser |url=http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/101430/spires-house-shantalla |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728200000/http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/101430/spires-house-shantalla |archivedate=2018-07-28 }}
2. ^1 {{cite book |last1=Tone |first1=Theobald Wolfe |last2=Radcliff |first2=John |last3=Jebb |first3=Richard |title=Belmont Castle, Or, Suffering Sensibility |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=emdbAAAAMAAJ&dq=cork+in+1777&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22Cork+in+1777%22|year=1998 |page=66 n.1 |publisher=Lilliput Press |isbn=978-1-901866-06-3 }}
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}}References- {{cite book |last=Barton |first=Stuart |title=Monumental Follies: An Exposition on the Eccentric Edifices of Britain |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5jhUAAAAMAAJ |publisher=Lyle Publications |year=1972 }}
- The Follies Journal (published annually). The Folly Fellowship. {{ISSN|1474-7669}}
- Follies (magazine, published thrice yearly). The Folly Fellowship. {{ISSN|0963-9004}}.
- {{cite book |last1=Headley |first1=Gwyn |last2=Meulenkamp |first2=Wim |title=Follies — A National Trust Guide |publisher=Jonathan Cape |location=London |year=1986 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cZlMAAAAYAAJ |isbn=978-0-224-02105-0 }}
- {{cite book |last=Howley |first=James |chapter=Towers |type=chapter |title=The Follies and Garden Buildings of Ireland |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xrwOGidTbKgC&pg=PA48 |year=2004 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-10225-3 |pages=48–69 }}
External links- Follies of Europe
- Folly Fellowship
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