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Beckford's Tower < Link Review >
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.
http://www.bath-preservation-trust.org.uk/museums/beckford/ |
Follies and Monuments < Link Review >
Eccentric buildings built by British eccentrics. A photograph and description of each building arranged by county, or accessible via the clickable map.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/follies/ |
Follies, Grottoes and Garden Buildings < Link Review >
Pavilions of Splendour defines a folly and provides illustrated descriptions of some examples.
http://www.heritage.co.uk/follies/ffdef.html |
Freston Tower < Link Review >
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.
http://www.freston.net/tower/ |
Hawkstone Park and Follies < Link Review >
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.
http://www.hawkstone.co.uk/park.htm |
John "Mad Jack" Fuller < Link Review >
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.
http://www.johnmadjackfuller.homestead.com/ |
Painswick Rococo Garden < Link Review >
Official site for this 18th-century garden dotted with follies. Photographs, description and visitor information.
http://www.rococogarden.org.uk |
Pharos Follies < Link Review >
David Matthews argues that some buildings meant to be lighthouses are actually follies. He also mentions some odd but functional lighthouses and mock-lighthouses. Discussion, photographs and map of locations.
http://pharos.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/ |
A Scottish Pineapple < Link Review >
J.K. Gillon's illustrated description and discussion of the inspiration for the Dunmore Pineapple garden folly, built in 1761.
http://gillonj.tripod.com/ascottishpineapple/ |
Virtual Portmeirion < Link Review >
Online tours, hundreds of photographs and information about Portmeirion, North Wales, a picturesque village created by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, including architectural follies.
http://www.virtualportmeirion.com/ |
