Mow Cop Folly, Cheshire/Staffordshire Border

Posted on November 10, 2018by Editor

Mow Cop as seen from the Cheshire side.

The sham castle folly on Mow Cop was built by Randle Wilbraham of Rode Hall in 1754 as a summerhouse to which the family could ride for picnics. Its elevated position meant it could be seen from the mansion, some three miles away on the Cheshire side of the county boundary.

Tower, West Yorkshire

The Ruin, Bingley, West Yorkshire

Posted on September 10, 2018by Editor

The Ruin, as it is called on the earliest OS maps, was built by Benjamin Ferrand and is inscribed with his initials and the year 1796. Also known as Ferrand’s Folly, or Harden Grange Folly, there is no explanation for why it later became known as St David’s Ruin.

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