Folly About 115 Metres West Of Scoitor Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1955. Folly.

Folly About 115 Metres West Of Scoitor Farmhouse

WRENN ID: steep-terrace-snow
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Dartmoor National Park
Country: England
Date first listed: 23 August 1955
Type: Folly
Source: Historic England listing

Description

WIDECOMBE-IN- SX 77 SW THE-MOOR 6/164 Folly about 115 metres west of Scobitor Farmhouse (formerly listed 23.8.55 as Tower at Scobitor) - II

Folly. Believed to date from 1868. Granite rubble with saucer-shaped, cement- rendered roof. Short round tower, possibly now reduced in height, standing on a natural outcrop of rock. It has a doorway and 5 windows of different sizes; 2 of the windows retain the remnants of wooden frames. Interior has a thick, round stone pillar in the centre, from which radiate heavy granite lintels carrying a granite roof. Source: information from the owners of the house, based on 1929 sale catalogue.

Listing NGR: SX7234575003

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