Jack The Treacle Eater is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1961. Folly.

Jack The Treacle Eater

WRENN ID: eternal-beam-mallow
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Somerset
Country: England
Date first listed: 19 April 1961
Type: Folly
Source: Historic England listing

Description

ST51SE BARWICK CP LONG LANE (off Rexe's Hollow)

5/15 Jack the Treacle Eater (formerly listed is tower in Barwick Park) 19.4.61

GV II

Folly. Circa 1775. Local and Ham stone rubble and ashlar. Rough rubble arch about 5-metres high, crowned with circular tower in cut and squared stone, having battlemented quasi-parapet and conical stone roof surmounted by lead statuette (a winged Mercury). Blocked opening in side of tower with part only of a rough stair thereto. The East boundary marker, one of four, of the Barwick Park estate, probably erected by John Newman; 'Jack' was a local runner who carried family messages to London, who was said to have trained on treacle. (Barbara Jones, Follies and Grottoes, Constable 1974).

Listing NGR: ST5631314212

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