Thesaurus Term/Concept: FOLLY

Identifier 69013
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A structure, often found in 18th century landscape gardens, that demonstrates eccentricity or excess rather than practical purpose. They can take many forms - ruins, sham castles, towers, hermits' cells or grottoes.

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Instances/Examples (32)

Context Record
Monument Type MNF3242 Bellevue Tower (Building)
Monument Type MNF4835 Castle Cave 19th century folly (Monument)
Monument Type MNF47800 Denton House and garden buildings (Building)
Monument Type MNF23447 Folly containing reused Roman slabs (Monument)
Monument Type MNF75335 Garden at Ketts Castle Villa (Designed Landscape)
Monument Type MNF51043 Garden house 100m northwest of Weston Hall, Weston Road (Building)
Monument Type MNF31980 Harford Hills, Marston Lane (Building)
Monument Type MNF6487 Holt Hall (Building)
Monument Type MNF15985 Hunt's Corner brickworks and garden (Monument)
Monument Type MNF5145 Lynford deserted medieval village and church (Monument)
Monument Type MNF759 Memorial Chapel, Bracondale (Building)
Monument Type MNW3008 Memorial Chapel, Bracondale (Monument)
Monument Type MNF2458 Post medieval folly (Building)
Monument Type MNF50274 Post medieval folly (Building)
Monument Type MNF12324 Post medieval folly or dovecote (Monument)
Monument Type MNF49388 Post medieval folly, garden of St John's School (Building)
Monument Type MNF20554 Post medieval garden follies, Belvedere Place (Monument)
Monument Type MNF9559 Post medieval garden house fragments (Monument)
Monument Type MNF30599 Rectory Park (Monument)
Monument Type MNF62324 Remains of 19th century garden folly, Carrow Road (Monument)
Monument Type MNF13022 Rookery Farm (Building)
Monument Type MNF1344 Ruins of St Peter's Church, Great Ringstead (Building)
Monument Type MNF20134 Shell House, a folly in Merton Park (Building)
Monument Type MNF11810 Site of Old Buckenham Hall (Monument)
Monument Type MNF6236 Site of post medieval building and World War Two military features, Lodge Hill (Monument)
Monument Type MNF20449 Site of post medieval folly, Ladyship's Pit, Ketteringham Park (Monument)
Monument Type MNF5576 The Gothic House (Building)
Monument Type MNF4651 Thorpe Tower (Building)
Monument Type MNF9939 Trowse Old Hall (Building)
Monument Type MNF7722 Weston Hall or Tye Hall (Building)
Monument Type MNF31025 Whalebone House (Building)
Monument Type MNF30691 White Hall, near St German's Bridge (Building)