Follies

NOTES: The 'ruins' of King Alfred's Hall were built as a folly in 1732 by the 1st Earl of Bathurst and his friend Alexander Pope within the landscape gardens of Cirencester Park.

NOTES: This folly was never built. This drawing is in a sketchbook compiled by Repton (1798 to circa 1805) while working in the office of John Nash.

NOTES: Luttrell's Folly was built c. 1780 for Temple Simon Luttrell to designs by Thomas Sandby. After Luttrell's death in 1803 the land became the property of the Earl of Cavan's family for the next 40 years and the single-storey villa was built.

NOTES: This is an unidentified print, possibly from a pattern book, from the late 18th- to the early 19th-centuries.

NOTES: Originally known as the Lansdown Tower, it was designed for William Beckford in 1825-1827 as his eyrie and was the terminating feature of his landscape garden sited below.

NOTES: Originally known as the Lansdown Tower, it was designed for William Beckford in 1825-1827 as his eyrie and was the terminating feature of his landscape garden sited below.

NOTES: Alfred's Hall was designed as an artificial ruin by the first Earl of Bathurst, possibly in collaboration with the poet Alexander Pope, who was a frequent visitor. It was built to commemorate King Alfred's alleged overhearing of the Danish battle plans and is one of the many attractions in the 3000 acre park laid out by the Earl from 1714.

NOTES: Alfred's Hall was designed as an artificial ruin by the first Earl of Bathurst, possibly in collaboration with the poet Alexander Pope, who was a frequent visitor. It was built to commemorate King Alfred's alleged overhearing of the Danish battle plans and is one of the many attractions in the 3000 acre park laid out by the Earl from 1714.

NOTES: Alfred's Hall was designed as an artificial ruin by the first Earl of Bathurst, possibly in collaboration with the poet Alexander Pope, who was a frequent visitor. It was built to commemorate King Alfred's alleged overhearing of the Danish battle plans and is one of the many attractions in the 3000 acre park laid out by the Earl from 1714.

NOTES: Alfred's Hall was designed as an artificial ruin by the first Earl of Bathurst, possibly in collaboration with the poet Alexander Pope, who was a frequent visitor. It was built to commemorate King Alfred's alleged overhearing of the Danish battle plans and is one of the many attractions in the 3000 acre park laid out by the Earl from 1714.