The Folly

SX 45 SE MAKER-WITH-RAME MOUNT EDGCUMBE COUNTRY PARK

7/217 The Folly (formerly listed as the Folly Ruins) 23.1.68 GV II

Folly. Probably late C18/early C19, incorporating re-used granite details. Sandstone rubble incorporating earlier features in granite and metamorphic stone. Rectangular plan, constructed as a ruin, roofless, with a viewing platform at first floor reached by steps to rear. Front has 2-light window set at upper level, with cusped lights, upper Y-tracery and roll-moulded jambs, with 2 carved grotesque masks as corbels. Set free-standing to right, a square-plan pier with a granite crocketted pinnacle to top. Right side has pointed arched window to right, to upper level left the cill and jambs of a larger window opening. Left side has plain granite doorway with lintel but no walling over, at upper level to right a 2-light cusped window, only one light remaining. Rear has roll-moulded oval granite window with recessed spandrels, probably 2 re- used doorheads, the bottom one set upside down. Interior A granite winder stair leads to the viewing platform, which probably formerly had rails to rear. Situated on a conspicuous hilltop site in Mount Edgcumbe Park, overlooking Plymouth Sound.

Listing NGR: SX4579952396