'I want a Bridge!' 'But Sire, there's no river!' 'I. Want. A. Bridge. NOW!' The Ornamental Bridge, #Abertura #Extremadura #Spain #ForeignFollyFriday #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk
The Pepperbox, or Eyre's Folly, built who knows why by Giles Eyre in 1606. #Longparish #Wiltshire #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk
Claremont Belvedere, a doodle by Sir John Vanbrugh. #Claremont #Surrey #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk
The Chinese House and Bridge at #Shugborough #Staffordshire #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk
We always felt that corner of the field needed a tower. #Kilvrough #Kittle #Gower #Cymru #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk
Surely that's not Lichfield Cathedral? Well, no, but it was a cardboard replica of it and it's probably dissolved by now. #HanchHallCathedral #Longdon #Staffordshire #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk
This simply exudes class. #GothicTemple #BramhamPark #WestYorkshire #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk
A tranquil riparian setting for this lovely church — but it's all a sham, to hide the Duke of Grafton's watermill. #Euston #Suffolk #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk
The fabled Grottoloo on the sea front at #Mumbles #Swansea #Cymru #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk
Every inch of every wall is covered in grotesque figures. And that's before you see the interior of the #VillaPalagonia #Bagheria #Sicily #ForeignFollyFriday #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk
A typical English high street, with a thumping great folly tower commemorating the author Mrs #Gaskell. #Cranford #Knutsford #Cheshire #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk
Traquair Castle Bear Gates, closed since 1746 and only to be opened when the Stuarts return to reign on the throne of Scotland. #Traquair #Borders Scotland #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk
On the road to St Fillans is the Earthquake House, a folly by name if not by nature, as it contains a working seismograph. #EarthquakeHouse #Comrie #Fife #Scotland #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly
Hoyland Lowe Stand was built around 1750, perhaps as a hunting stand for Lord Rockingham's XI. #HoylandNether #SouthYorkshire #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk
Booker's Folly, originally built 1839 to the memory of Mr Booker's sons but hastily rededicated to the marriage of Victoria and Albert. #Guildford #Surrey #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk
The magical Dewstow underground gardens and grottoes are now closed to the public. #Caldicot #Monmouth #Cymru #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk
Can you believe this tower had a black metal knight with upraised sword, the same height as the tower, on top? Put it back, we say. #BlackKnightsTower #Holbeach #Lincolnshire #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk
King Alfred ran past here 1,200 years ago. This monument commemorates the event. #Athelney #Somerset #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk
The Orangery, one of the many delights on the Folly Fellowship's Croome Court tour, May 27th. #CroomeDAbitot #Worcestershire #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk
Tower Cott, Cannon Hall. A C19 archway possibly by Sir Walter Spencer-Stanhope. #Cawthorne #South Yorkshire #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk