The Folly is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 October 1966. Folly, house.
The Folly
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Stratford-on-Avon MP: Manuela Perteghella (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 October 1966
- Type
- Folly, house
- Address
- The Folly, Idlicote Road, Halford
- OS grid reference
- SP 261 453
- Coordinates
- 52.10606, -1.61907
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Folly is a house that was originally built around 1790, with later alterations and additions. The front is made of limestone ashlar, while the sides and rear are constructed from squared coursed limestone rubble. It features a hipped slate roof and a renewed stone lateral stack. The building has two storeys and consists of two octagonal sections placed side by side. The entrance is located on the right and is sheltered by a hipped porch supported by slender columns. Each floor has sash windows with stone lintels and stone sills, and there are flat bands at the first and second floors. To the left, there is a limestone single-storey extension with a gabled stone slate roof. At the rear, there is an early 19th-century ashlar extension. Inside, there are fireplaces from the 18th or early 19th century and a staircase, along with a cellar.
Local climate
The Folly receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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