Comments on: Curiouser & Curiouser: a Folly in Frome, Somerset https://thefollyflaneuse.com/curiouser-curiouser-a-folly-in-frome-somerset/ Rambles to, and ramblings about, Follies and Garden and Landscape Ornament. Tue, 29 Nov 2022 13:10:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/curiouser-curiouser-a-folly-in-frome-somerset/#comment-10430 Tue, 29 Nov 2022 13:10:54 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=8526#comment-10430 In reply to Editor.

Hello again. Nigel wasn’t aware of the Castle Cary lock-up, so it wasn’t an influence, but he is pleased to know about it now.

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/curiouser-curiouser-a-folly-in-frome-somerset/#comment-10417 Sat, 26 Nov 2022 15:05:51 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=8526#comment-10417 In reply to Jane Padfield.

Good afternoon Jane. I will ask Nigel if the lock-up was an inspiration.

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/curiouser-curiouser-a-folly-in-frome-somerset/#comment-10416 Sat, 26 Nov 2022 15:04:48 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=8526#comment-10416 In reply to Moira Garland.

Hello Moura. I’m pleased you have memories of Frome, it’s a lovely town. Hopefully Nigel will be opening the garden next year and some more local readers will be able to visit.

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/curiouser-curiouser-a-folly-in-frome-somerset/#comment-10415 Sat, 26 Nov 2022 15:03:10 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=8526#comment-10415 In reply to Ivan Burrow.

Hello Ivan. Me too!

]]> By: Ivan Burrow https://thefollyflaneuse.com/curiouser-curiouser-a-folly-in-frome-somerset/#comment-10414 Sat, 26 Nov 2022 14:55:59 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=8526#comment-10414 Absolutely brilliant, I would like to have something like this if only I had a bigger garden

]]> By: Jane Padfield https://thefollyflaneuse.com/curiouser-curiouser-a-folly-in-frome-somerset/#comment-10413 Sat, 26 Nov 2022 13:46:16 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=8526#comment-10413 This folly bears a certain resemblance to the lock-up at Castle Cary, which isn’t very far from Frome (although the roof is quite different). I wonder if the lock-up was inspirational in the choice of design for the summerhouse?

]]> By: Moira Garland https://thefollyflaneuse.com/curiouser-curiouser-a-folly-in-frome-somerset/#comment-10411 Sat, 26 Nov 2022 13:18:54 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=8526#comment-10411 Fascinated by the building and appearance of the Frome folly. If I weren’t so far away I’d try and visit, not least because it was the first place my late mum retired to. She spent 15 good years there when my late brother and I, and our children, made regular visits to Frome, and of course the surrounding area. Later my mum moved further north to be nearer us.
Thanks for another interesting blog on another folly.

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/curiouser-curiouser-a-folly-in-frome-somerset/#comment-10410 Sat, 26 Nov 2022 12:47:26 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=8526#comment-10410 In reply to John Holland.

Great thought! It would make a romantic ruin. But let’s hope Nigel gets to enjoy it for many more years first.

]]> By: John Holland https://thefollyflaneuse.com/curiouser-curiouser-a-folly-in-frome-somerset/#comment-10409 Sat, 26 Nov 2022 12:42:40 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=8526#comment-10409 Wonderful! Such a beautiful folly! I only hope that in many years’ time, a future ‘folly flaneuse’ stumbles across it – in a ruined state of course(!) – and tells the story for others to enjoy.

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/curiouser-curiouser-a-folly-in-frome-somerset/#comment-10408 Sat, 26 Nov 2022 12:06:48 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=8526#comment-10408 In reply to Garance Anna Rawinsky.

Hello Garance. Great observations. I am somewhat better at banqueting and imbibing than I am at carpentry, masonry etc: thank goodness for the Nigels of this world.

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