Sham Castle is a Grade II* listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1956. Folly.

Sham Castle

WRENN ID: eastward-bastion-stoat
Grade: II*
Local Planning Authority: Bath and North East Somerset
Country: England
Date first listed: 1 February 1956
Type: Folly
Source: Historic England listing

Description

ST 76 SE 3/40 1.2.56

BATHAMPTON C.P. NORTH ROAD, OFF Sham Castle

II*

Gothick folly. 1762. Built by Richard James, master mason for Ralph Allen "to improve the prospect" from Allen's town house in Bath. Pevsner states that Colvin suggests that it was probably designed by Sanderson Miller c.1755. Coursed squared rubble. Battlemented. Screen wall with central pointed arch flanked by two 3-storey circular turrets; extending sideways to 2-storey square tower at each end of the wall. Blocked lancet windows; plain and cross-loop openings. Plaque in centre. Pevsner N., Buildings of England : North Somerset and Bristol; 1958.

Listing NGR: ST7660764861

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