Yorke'S Folly is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 March 1987. A C18-C19 Folly.
Yorke'S Folly
- WRENN ID
- wild-corbel-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 March 1987
- Type
- Folly
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SE 16 SE 8/13
BEWERLEY NOUGHT BANK ROAD (east side, off) Yorke's Folly
II
Folly or landmark. Late C18 - early C19. For a member of the Yorke family. Gritstone and ashlar. 2 shafts built to look like the ruin of an east window or church crossing, with springers for arches and deeply-chamfered quoins. Each shaft L-shaped on plan and approximately 15 metres high. Originally a structure of 3 columns know as 'Three Stoups', one was blown down in 1893. They were said to have been built when work was scarce in the district and to have been a landmark 'for many generations' in 1894 (Speight). The Yorkes built the new hall at Bewerley in 1815-20 and it is likely that this landmark was erected as part of the landscaping of the area at that time. H Speight, Nidderdale, 1894, p 457.
Listing NGR: SE1586063530
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