Lord Boston'S Folly is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 April 1977. Folly.
Lord Boston'S Folly
- WRENN ID
- sacred-gateway-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 April 1977
- Type
- Folly
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SU 98 NW 6/55 5.4.77
HEDSOR HARVEST HILL Lord Boston's Folly
II
Folly. Late C18. Flint with brick dressings. 4 castellated towers, one round, one semi-circular, one hexagonal and the other square, with link walls on S. and W. sides, the round tower free-standing. Tall free-standing buttressed wall between round and hexagonal towers. Round tower is of 3 storeys, with battlements, blind pointed windows, and door in 2-centred arch. Square tower is of 2 storeys and has stepped battlements with small open roundels, pointed first floor windows, and 2-centred arches to ground floor. Arches have raised flint dripmould. Hexagonal tower, formerly used as gardeners house, is also of 2 storeys and has remains of similar battlements and dripmould over lower openings. Arched windows to ground floor, pointed windows above, some blind; doorway with pointed head in E. side. All towers have blind brick arrow slits. Link walls have small open roundels. Wall between square and hexagonal towers has mostly collapsed.
Listing NGR: SU9057086627
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