Comments on: The Prospect Tower, Cotehele, Cornwall https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-prospect-tower-cotehele-cornwall/ Rambles to, and ramblings about, Follies and Garden and Landscape Ornament. Mon, 24 Apr 2023 07:34:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-prospect-tower-cotehele-cornwall/#comment-11080 Mon, 24 Apr 2023 07:34:29 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=8971#comment-11080 In reply to Nick Addington.

Good morning Nick. The triangular building mentioned in Somerset is the Wellington monument: an obelisk rather than a tower and famed as the tallest three-sided obelisk in the world. Yes there are other triangular towers – for example there’s Hoober Stand on the Wentworth Woodhouse estate and the tower commemorating King Alfred at Stourhead in Wiltshire. There are also a number of sham castle structures that are three-sided, but these are squat rather than lofty.

]]> By: Nick Addington https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-prospect-tower-cotehele-cornwall/#comment-11079 Sun, 23 Apr 2023 21:21:39 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=8971#comment-11079 A triangular tower struck me as highly unusual, so it’s interesting to read the previous comment regarding another in Somerset. Are there more, do you know?

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-prospect-tower-cotehele-cornwall/#comment-11071 Sat, 22 Apr 2023 10:19:19 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=8971#comment-11071 In reply to John St B Hooper.

Good morning John, always good to hear from you. I was inspired to use ‘taradiddle’ in a post after reading Alan Garner’s latest book ‘Treacle Jack’. It’s an odd book, but bursting with colourful colloquialisms and archaic language. I’m hoping to visit the Wellington monument when in Somerset next month (amongst many other treasures – watch this space!)

]]> By: John St B Hooper https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-prospect-tower-cotehele-cornwall/#comment-11070 Sat, 22 Apr 2023 10:10:04 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=8971#comment-11070 I thought I was the only person who used the wonderful “tarradiddle” I use it frequently as so much of my life seems to involve a tarradiddle of some sort. The word is almost a folly itself! Incidentally, I passed the other three-sided folly at Wellington (Somerset) yesterday when returning from London by train. Best wishes, John H.

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