Folly Tower About 300 Metres South South East Of Yaxley Hall

Folly Tower, located about 300 meters south-southeast of Yaxley Hall, is a gazebo designed to resemble a small church tower. It is believed to have been constructed around 1852 for P.R. Welch of Yaxley Hall. The structure is made of flint and red brick rubble with stone dressings and has a square plan with diagonal buttresses at the corners. Originally, it stood two storeys tall.

The front features an entrance with a reused 15th-century stone arch that has a pointed shape and an inner chamfer, adorned with outer Tudor Rose ornamentation. The bell capitals on the responds are roll-moulded, and the jambs are made of early ovolo-moulded red brick. There is a string course at the upper level, which is set back slightly and features pointed arched windows. The tower has four full-height buttresses with stone offsets, and at the rear, an external stair once led to the upper storey. The tower formerly had an embattled parapet. Inside, the walls are cement rendered and include pointed arched niches.