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architecture, belvedere, Dorset, eyecatcher, Folly, Tower

Horton Tower, or Sturt’s Folly, Horton, Dorset

Posted on January 14, 2022by Editor
Horton Tower, or Sturt’s Folly, Horton, Dorset

Horton Tower, also known as Sturt’s Folly, is one of those enigmatic erections whose history is vague and usually explained in sentences that begin ‘said to have been…’. What is not in question is its magnificence: seven stories of red brick soaring skywards in the middle of a field. 

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architecture, Buckinghamshire, eyecatcher, Folly, garden, garden history, landscape, Summerhouse

Cowper’s Summerhouse and Alcove, Buckinghamshire.

Posted on June 25, 2021by Editor
Cowper’s Summerhouse and Alcove, Buckinghamshire.

The 18th century poet William Cowper (1731-1800) was wont to write his works al fresco in a shelter in a garden or park. His first was a tiny ‘nook’ in his garden in the town of Olney, and he later composed lines in an alcove in the park at nearby Weston Underwood. Both survive today.

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architecture, East Riding of Yorkshire, Folly, garden, garden history, Gloucestershire, Orangery

One Orangery, Two Gardens: Fairford, Gloucestershire and Sledmere, East Yorkshire

Posted on April 30, 2021by Editor
One Orangery, Two Gardens: Fairford, Gloucestershire and Sledmere, East Yorkshire

A view of the house at Sledmere, painted in 1795, shows a classical orangery west of the kitchen garden. No trace of this building survives today but, mysteriously, another 18th century orangery can be found between the house and the stables.

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