Folly Castle About 3/4 Mile North Of Wimpole Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1967. A Georgian Folly. 1 related planning application.
Folly Castle About 3/4 Mile North Of Wimpole Hall
- WRENN ID
- moated-column-hawk
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 November 1967
- Type
- Folly
- Period
- Georgian
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
WIMPOLE TL 35SW Folly Castle about 3/4 mile north of Wimpole Hall (formerly listed as Gothic 22.11.67 ruins in Wimpole Park)
GV II*
Folly Castle. 1768-70 by James Essex. Red brick with coursed clunch ashlar facing. Three towers linked by curtain walling. The centre tower forms an eye-catcher from the house and is of four stages. Originally with embattled and corbelled parapet. Each stage has windows of two lights with Y-tracery in two centre arches and crosslet loop lights. Curtain wall has on west side an original entrance opening with shields of arms and three-light window with Y-tracery above. The design is based on drawings supplied by Sanderson Miller for the first Lord Hardwicke in 1749-50.
R.C.H.M. West Cambs. Mon. (2) p.223 Dr T Cocke: The Ingenious Mr Essex architect (exh. cat. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge 1984)
Listing NGR: TL3345252076
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