Comments on: Browne’s Folly, Monkton Farleigh, Wiltshire https://thefollyflaneuse.com/brownes-folly-monkton-farleigh-wiltshire/ Rambles to, and ramblings about, Follies and Garden and Landscape Ornament. Sun, 29 Jun 2025 07:11:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/brownes-folly-monkton-farleigh-wiltshire/#comment-20884 Sun, 29 Jun 2025 07:11:24 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=14894#comment-20884 In reply to TOM GARDNER.

Apologies Tom, I missed this comment. The house still exists and is still home to the Hobhouse family who restored the tower in the early 20th century.

]]> By: TOM GARDNER https://thefollyflaneuse.com/brownes-folly-monkton-farleigh-wiltshire/#comment-20715 Sat, 21 Jun 2025 17:03:25 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=14894#comment-20715 TOM (NYC)

CORRECTION: DON’T KNOW WHERE MY THOUGHTS WERE WHEN NAMING
MRS. POST AS: ‘MARGRET … WHEN, AS WE ALL KNOW, THE CORRECT NAME IS:

*** MARJORIE MERRIWEATHER POST ***

ONLY PROVES I’M STILL (@79) STILL HUMAN.

TOM

]]> By: TOM GARDNER https://thefollyflaneuse.com/brownes-folly-monkton-farleigh-wiltshire/#comment-20714 Sat, 21 Jun 2025 16:59:28 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=14894#comment-20714 TOM (NYC)
HAVING WORKED, AS BUTLER, FOR THE LIKES OF: THE ASTORS, THE PHIPPS,
THE WHITNEY – VANDERBILTS AND EVEN – MRS. MARGARET MERRIWEATHER POST , BUILDER OF – MAR-A-LAGO (AS 4TH FOOTMAN -JR. BUTLER) I HAVE A SLIGHT UNDERSTANDING OF MONUMENT BUILDERS.
IN TODAY’S WORLD, THE ARTISTIC URGE TO BUILT SUCH PERSONAL , MAGICAL STRUCTURES IS NOT IN VOGUE.
ERGO, WE MUST ALL DO OUR PART IN PRESERVING THOSE WE HAVE LEFT.
LASTLY, DOES THE MANOR HOUSE STILL EXIST, IN A MEANINGFUL FASHION, AND IS IT STILL ‘IN THE FAMILY’?
CHEERS,
TOM

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/brownes-folly-monkton-farleigh-wiltshire/#comment-20704 Sat, 21 Jun 2025 07:31:22 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=14894#comment-20704 In reply to Nic Orchard.

Good morning Nic. It is very sad to see the damage that has been done to the tower. The initials carved into the stone are bad enough, but the huge names in spray paint are sad to see. They can at least be removed, but it’s hard work and as soon as the graffiti is cleared more appears. The Folly Fellowship is in the process of fitting a new steel door but, as history has shown, these vandals don’t let such obstacles stand for long. Discussions are ongoing and hopefully solutions can be found.

]]> By: Nic Orchard https://thefollyflaneuse.com/brownes-folly-monkton-farleigh-wiltshire/#comment-20703 Sat, 21 Jun 2025 06:17:36 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=14894#comment-20703 Littering and vandalism infuriate me so much more than any other abhorrent activity . There are worse acts but none so pointless.

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