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ABERDEENSHIRE
Prince Albert Cairn, Balmoral
Monteath Mausoleum, Ancrum
Peniel Heugh/Waterloo Monument, Ancrum
Temple of the Muses, Dryburgh
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
Cowper’s Alcove, Weston Underwood
Dinton Castle
John Piper and Stowe
Langley Park, tower
Stowe and Mistress Masham’s Repose
CARMARTHENSHIRE
The Nelson Tower, aka Paxton’s Tower, Llanarthney
CHESHIRE
Mow Cop
CITY OF EDINBURGH
Edinburgh, Calton Hill
CORNWALL
Storm Tower, Bude
COUNTY DURHAM
Bishop Auckland, Deer House
Durham, the Count’s House
Hamsterley, pinnacle and cupola
Windlestone, mausoleum
CUMBRIA
Akay, summerhouse
Bradyll Monument, Bardsea/Conishead
Braystones Tower
Brough, Fox tower
Claife, John Ruskin and Folly
Duddon, the temple
Finsthwaite, tower
Hampsfell Hospice
Hermitage, Conishead Priory
Holme Island, temple
Lindale, Wilkinson obelisk
Lindeth Tower
Rydal Hall, summerhouse/grotto
Storrs hall, temple
DERBYSHIRE
Hermitage, Kedleston
Reform Tower, Stanton Moor
Solomon’s Temple, Buxton
DORSET
Horton Tower, Horton
DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY
Cally Palace, summerhouse
Murray Monument
EAST LOTHIAN
Gosford, Curling House
EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE
Airmyn tower
Carnaby Temple
Halsham, Constable Mausoleum
Hornsea, Bettison’s tower
Hunmanby arch
Sledmere Orangery
EAST SUSSEX
Heathfield, Gibraltar Tower
ESSEX
Mistley Towers
FALKIRK
The Pineapple, Dunmore
GLAMORGAN
The Temple of the Four Seasons, Margam Country Park
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Barnsley House, gothic summerhouse
Berkeley, Temple of Vaccinia
Fairford Orangery
Icomb, Guys Folly
GWYNEDD
Brondanw Tower
HAMPSHIRE
Farley Mount
HEREFORDSHIRE
The Arches, Shobdon Court
HIGHLAND
Thurso, Harald’s Tower
KENT
Jezreel’s Temple, Gillingham
Scott’s Tower, Horsmonden
LANCASHIRE
Blacko Tower
Clitheroe, The Pinnacle
Darwen Tower, Darwen
Gisburne Park, temple
Hartshead Pike
Wigan, Haigh hall observatory
Wiswell, Baby house towers
LEICESTERSHIRE
Garendon
The Water Tower, Market Bosworth
LINCOLNSHIRE
Belton Hall, boathouse
Belton Hall, Belmont tower
Brocklesby, hermitage
Lincoln, Dunstan Pillar
Stoke Rochford
LONDON
Schweppes Grotto, Festival of Britain
Severndroog Castle
St James Park, pagoda
Turkish kiosk
MIDLOTHIAN
Bilston, Dryden Tower
Penicuik, tower
NORFOLK
Gunton, ziggurat
Randall’s Folly, Salthouse
Westwick Arch and Obelisk
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
J.L. Carr/Rushton Triangular Lodge, Barton Seagrave Orangery, Bunkers Hill
Stoke Park, pavilions
NORTHUMBERLAND
Alnwick, Brizlee tower
Alnwick, Ratcheugh observatory
Belsay, Sitooteries
Hartburn, grotto and tower
Rothbury, Sharp’s Folly
Seaton Delaval, Starlight Castle
Swansfield, Alnwick
NORTH YORKSHIRE
Allerton Castle, Temple of Victory
Bambro’ Castle, Howsham
Bishopthorpe, facade
Castle Howard and John Betjeman
Coghill Park, grotto
Croft Hall, Temple (Leases)
Escrick, temple
Greygarth monument
Grewelthorpe, Himalayan Garden, summerhouse
Grimston Park, tower
Hackfall, Fisher’s Hall
Harrogate, Harlow Carr columns
Hornby Castle, bowling green house
Ingleborough, grotto
Leyburn, sham castle
Malham, proposed tower
Oldstead, Mount Snever Observatory
Richmond, Oliver Ducket
Richmond, Round Howe
Richmond, Culloden Tower
Rievaulx Terrace, Fiona Bowley
Skelton Tower, Levisham
Skipton Castle, Barbara Jones
Sorrellsykes follies
Studley Royal, Horatii and Curiatii
Studley Royal, Temple of Piety
Studley Royal, Polly the Folly
Swinithwaite Temple
Swinton Park, Druid’s Temple
Thornton Steward, Fort Horn
Yorke’s Folly, Pateley Bridge
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Folly Fortifications, Newstead Abbey
Radford Folly, Radford, Nottingham
OXFORDSHIRE
Faringdon Tower/ Lord Berners’s Tower, Faringdon
PERTH & KINROSS
Hermitage, Falls of Acharn
RUTLAND
Exton, bark temple
SHROPSHIRE
Badger Dingle
SOMERSET
The Bath Stone Bridge, Halswell Park, Goathurst
Knowle Tower, Knowle Hall
Newton Surmaville, summerhouse
Turner’s Tower, Faulkland, Somerset.
Willett Hill Tower, Elworthy
SOUTH YORKSHIRE
Barnsley, Locke Park Tower
Bawtry, menagerie
Burghwallis, Robin Hood’s Well
Cannon Hall, Deffer Wood summerhouse
Keppel’s Column, Wentworth Woodhouse
Monk Bretton, observatory
Needle’s Eye, Wentworth Woodhouse
Stainborough Castle, Wentworth Castle
Tankersley, Lady’s Folly
Thorne’s Park, Wakefield
Wentworth Woodhouse, Camellia House
Wentworth Woodhouse follies
STAFFORDSHIRE
Newcastle, Thistleberry Castle
The Round Tower, Tutbury Castle
SUFFOLK
Tattingstone Wonder
SURREY
Oatlands Grotto, Weybridge
Whitehill Tower, Caterham
SWANSEA
Morris Castle
WEST LOTHIAN
Jupiter Artland, Rose Walk
WEST SUSSEX
Vandalian Tower, Uppark
Woolbeding
WEST YORKSHIRE
Bella Vista, Bretton Park, Wakefield
Bellman’s Castle, West Nab
Bramham, Museum
Bretton Park, temple
Cowling, tower and pinnacle
Halifax, Wainhouse Tower
Harden, St David’s Ruin
Holywell, Shaw Park
Leeds, Roundhay Park castle
Leeds, Victoria Arch
Longwood, tower
Nostell Priory, Obelisk Lodge
Parlington Park, triumphal arch
Weston Hall, banqueting house
Whitley Beaumont, temple
WILTSHIRE
Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill Down
Maud Heath Monument
WORCESTERSHIRE
Broadway Tower
Hagley, sham castle
Inkberrow folly
Kyre Park follies
IRELAND
Dublin, Marino Casino
MALTA
Ball monument
SOUTH AFRICA
Goat Tower, Fairview Estate
SPAIN
Botanic gardens, Malaga
U.S.A.
Vestavia, Alabama
Winterthur follies, Delaware
FICTION/LITERATURE/ART
J.L.Carr
John Betjeman
Last of Uptake
Mistress Masham’s Repose
Oswell Blakeston
Recording Britain
Paul Sharp and E.M.Hatt, National Benzole books
MISCELLANEOUS
Caesar Summerhouses
For follies in general you might also find the map on the Folly Fellowship website very useful http://follies.org.uk/index.php/map/: