Flounders' Folly is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1974. Folly.
Flounders' Folly
- WRENN ID
- over-plaster-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1974
- Type
- Folly
- Address
- Flounders' Folly, Culmington
- OS grid reference
- SO 460 850
- Coordinates
- 52.46061, -2.79533
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Flounders' Folly is a folly in the form of a square tower, dated 1836, built for Benjamin Flounders. It is constructed of sandstone rubble and is currently roofless. The tower was formerly about 24 meters tall and featured dressed stone battlements, which have now fallen. There is one or two embrasures on each side, and a chamfered pointed arch on the south-east front. A tablet inscribed with "B.F. 1836" is also present. Inside, there are remains of a simple open-well staircase. The folly was erected to mark the meeting point of four estates as a means of providing employment for the poor, commissioned by Benjamin Flounders of Medley Park. It has served as an important landmark throughout the district.
Local climate
Flounders' Folly receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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