Follies

NOTES: This drawing is by an unidentified 18th century English architect.

NOTES: This drawing is by an unidentified 18th century English architect.

NOTES: This folly, built by Sir William Paxton in memory of Lord Nelson, was built between 1805 and 1808 near Middleton Hall (also designed by C. P. Cockerell, 1795).

NOTES: Popularly known as the 'Pepper Pot', the original function of Barry's ten-sided tower within the grounds of Thomas Attree's house remains uncertain. Theories suggest it may have originally served as a water tower or simply a viewing point or folly. The house itself later became known as Attree Villa.

NOTES: The Storm Tower is located on the headland above Compass Point and was built as a refuge for the coast guard and an eye-cather. This design is one of a number of drawings bound into five volumes entitled 'Architectural works of George Wightwick', made between 1832 and 1850. Wightwick instructed his articled pupils to make this detailed set of retrospective drawings to illustrate every building of importance he had designed. The drawings were intended to serve both as a record of Wightwick's completed buildings and as a method of conveying to his students the design process from initial working design to finished structure.

NOTES: This drawing comes from an album entitled by Thomas Hardwick 'Sketches of sundry buildings already executed and original designs on varied subjects', which he commenced in 1773.

NOTES: The triangular folly of Severndroog Castle was designed by Richard Jupp and erected in 1784 by the widow of Sir William James to commemorate his achievements in the East Indies. The proposed sale and development of the estate for which these designs were created were not carried out.

NOTES: The triangular folly of Severndroog Castle was designed by Richard Jupp and erected in 1784 by the widow of Sir William James to commemorate his achievements in the East Indies. The proposed sale and development of the estate for which these designs were created were not carried out.

NOTES: The triangular folly of Severndroog Castle was designed by Richard Jupp and erected in 1784 by the widow of Sir William James to commemorate his achievements in the East Indies. The proposed sale and development of the estate for which these designs were created were not carried out. This drawing may have been prepared for publication.

NOTES: The triangular folly of Severndroog Castle was designed by Richard Jupp and erected in 1784 by the widow of Sir William James to commemorate his achievements in the East Indies. The proposed sale and development of the estate for which these designs were created were not carried out.

NOTES: The triangular folly of Severndroog Castle was designed by Richard Jupp and erected in 1784 by the widow of Sir William James to commemorate his achievements in the East Indies. John Blades purchased the estate in 1816.

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.