Garden Folly South East of Nabb's House at Junction with Nabbs Way is a Grade II listed building in the Bury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 November 1980. Garden folly.
Garden Folly South East of Nabb's House at Junction with Nabbs Way
- WRENN ID
- wild-forge-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bury
- Constituency
- Bury North MP: Mr James Frith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 November 1980
- Type
- Garden folly
- Address
- Garden Folly South East of Nabb's House at Junction with Nabbs Way, Brandlesholme Road
- OS grid reference
- SD 781 140
- Coordinates
- 53.62268, -2.33214
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The garden folly located south-east of Nabb's House, at the junction with Nabb's Way, was likely built around 1835. Constructed from stone, it is positioned at the apex of a triangular garden, providing a focal point for the short vista from the house and backing onto Brandlesholme Road and Nabb's Way. The folly is designed in a Gothic style, resembling a miniature castle on the rear and road sides, while the front, facing the house, has the appearance of a bare ruined choir. The front features a symmetrical arcade with narrow Gothic arches, and there are twin circular turrets at the back. The walls are rusticated and one storey high on three sides of the rectangular rear, adorned with various pseudo-primitive carved heads and figures. A miniature arcaded covered way extends from the left side along Nabb's Way and the path. This folly shares a similar character with Tottington Dungeon.
Local climate
Garden Folly South East of Nabb's House at Junction with Nabbs Way sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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