Comments on: Burton Summer House, Monk Bretton, South Yorkshire https://thefollyflaneuse.com/burton-summer-house-monk-bretton-south-yorkshire/ Rambles to, and ramblings about, Follies and Garden and Landscape Ornament. Wed, 25 May 2022 14:07:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/burton-summer-house-monk-bretton-south-yorkshire/#comment-8827 Wed, 25 May 2022 14:07:55 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=3520#comment-8827 In reply to Arthur Fisher.

Thank you Arthur for adding a little more to the history.

]]> By: Arthur Fisher https://thefollyflaneuse.com/burton-summer-house-monk-bretton-south-yorkshire/#comment-8826 Wed, 25 May 2022 13:53:48 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=3520#comment-8826 In reply to Richard Watson.

“Castle Row” is now long gone, but the name is still perpetuated by nearby Castle Close which is nearby, off Burton Road.

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/burton-summer-house-monk-bretton-south-yorkshire/#comment-8824 Wed, 25 May 2022 10:08:42 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=3520#comment-8824 In reply to Richard Watson.

Hello Richard. Thanks for getting in touch and sharing your memories of this lost tower. At least the history remains even though the tower is long gone.

]]> By: Richard Watson https://thefollyflaneuse.com/burton-summer-house-monk-bretton-south-yorkshire/#comment-8823 Wed, 25 May 2022 09:59:30 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=3520#comment-8823 Richard Watson. *
Very informative, I grew up in a nearby village. The Tower was then known as Monk Bretton Castle and a nearby short terrace of older stone cottages was called Castle Row. Later I found the tower was called an observatory on a local Ordnance Survey map. Sad to see the tower has gone.

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/burton-summer-house-monk-bretton-south-yorkshire/#comment-5833 Mon, 01 Nov 2021 13:20:56 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=3520#comment-5833 In reply to Arthur Fisher.

Hello Arthur. It’s good to hear from a local. I didn’t know about the streets named after poets – so as you say Wordsworth could refer to both the builder and his better-known relative. Thanks for getting in touch.

]]> By: Arthur Fisher https://thefollyflaneuse.com/burton-summer-house-monk-bretton-south-yorkshire/#comment-5832 Mon, 01 Nov 2021 13:16:33 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=3520#comment-5832 The land to the west of Bretton Castle (as we locals call it) is now laid out for houses, and the street were named after famous writers. I live on Shelley Drive, which is off Tennyson Road, and so on. Now the road nearest to the folly is now Wordsworth Road: possibly in commeration of its builder – who was a distant relative of his more famous namesake.

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/burton-summer-house-monk-bretton-south-yorkshire/#comment-2492 Sat, 10 Oct 2020 15:11:12 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=3520#comment-2492 In reply to Ivan Burrows.

So pleased this post has brought back happy memories. Such a shame it is gone. Thank you for taking the time to comment.

]]> By: Ivan Burrows https://thefollyflaneuse.com/burton-summer-house-monk-bretton-south-yorkshire/#comment-2491 Sat, 10 Oct 2020 14:54:16 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=3520#comment-2491 Oh boy. Monk |Bretton CaSTLE. Played there as a kid when my parents took us up there.
memories bruoght back

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/burton-summer-house-monk-bretton-south-yorkshire/#comment-2490 Sat, 10 Oct 2020 07:36:36 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=3520#comment-2490 In reply to Margaret 21.

I only found out about this lost folly very recently and enjoyed discovering more. Glad you enjoyed its history and thanks for commenting.

]]> By: Margaret 21 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/burton-summer-house-monk-bretton-south-yorkshire/#comment-2489 Sat, 10 Oct 2020 07:33:14 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=3520#comment-2489 Well, how about that? I used to live in Sheffield and never knew about this. To Be Put Right. Thank you.

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