Folly In Garden Of Oakhurst

The folly in the garden of Oakhurst is an early 19th-century garden house. It is an octagonal, single-storey structure made of flint, featuring brick quoins and a brick plinth. Some of the flints are vitrified and are believed to have come from a kiln located in the grounds of the nearby Aldeborough House, which produced bricks for the windmill built in 1805. The building has a Gothick arched door with a fanlight that has been filled in with two doveholes. There is a plank door and four Gothick windows with overlapping glazing. Below the windows are panels of unknapped flints, flanked by vitrified flints that contrast in both colour and texture. Two sides of the building display brick crosses and worn medieval corbel heads, which are thought to have originated from Tilty Abbey. An armorial shield is positioned above the door. At the rear, there is a round-headed blocked doorcase, although the original Gothick-headed shape is still visible inside. Three sides of the brickwork have been renewed, and the ceiling is made of Roman cement. The floor consists of cross sections of whole tree trunks.