Folly tower

A folly tower is a tower that has been built as an architectural folly, that is, constructed for ornamental rather than practical reasons. Folly towers are common in Britain, and often do have some practical value as landmarks, or as viewpoints, unlike other types of folly.

List of folly towers

Folly towers
Name	Location	County	Year built	Notes
Beckford's Tower	Bath	Somerset	1827	built the owner as a library and a retreat
Bettison's Folly	Hornsea	East Riding of Yorkshire	19th Century	.
Boot's Folly	Strines Reservoir	South Yorkshire	1927	built as a job creation scheme
Brizlee Tower	Alnwick	Northumberland	1781	.
Broadway Tower	Broadway	Worcestershire	1794	.
Brown's Folly	Bathford	Somerset	1848	.
Clavell Tower	Isle of Purbeck	Dorset	1830	used as an observatory
Conygar Tower	Dunster	Somerset	1775	.
Cranmore Tower	Cranmore	Somerset	1860s	.
Culloden Tower	Richmond	North Yorkshire	1746	built to commemorate the Duke of Cumberland’s victory
Faringdon Folly	Faringdon	Oxfordshire	1975	.
Flounder's Folly	Craven Arms	Shropshire	1838	.
Fox Tower, Brough	Brough	Cumbria	1775	.
Freston Tower	Freston	Suffolk	?15th –17th Century	.
Hadlow Tower	Hadlow	Kent	1838	.
Hartcliff Folly	Penistone	South Yorkshire	1856	.
King Alfred's Tower	Brewham	Somerset	1760s	built to commemorate the end of the Seven Years' War and the accession of George III
Kingfisher Tower	Otsego Lake	New York	1876	built as a job creation scheme
Luttrell's Tower	Calshot	Hampshire	c 1780	possibly built as a landmark for smugglers
Nicolle Tower	Mont Ubé	Jersey	1821	.
Paxton's Tower	Llanarthney	Carmarthenshire	1800s	.
Perrot's Folly	Edgbaston	West Midlands	1758	.
Folly Tower, Pontypool	Pontypool	Gwent	1760s	built as an observatory
Stratton's Tower	Little Berkhamsted	Hertfordshire	1789	served as a weather station
Uig Tower	Uig	Skye	1860	.
Volta Tower	Finedon	Northants	1865	.
Wainhouse Tower	Halifax	West Yorkshire	1875	served as a factory chimney
Watkin's folly	Wembley	London	1895	not completed
Wilder's Folly	Sulham	Berks	1789	built as a belvedere. Also served as a dovecot

Notes

References

Barton, Stuart Monumental Follies Lyle Publications, 1972
Folly Fellowship, The Follies Magazine, published quarterly
Folly Fellowship, The Follies Journal, published annually
Headley, Gwyn & Meulenkamp, Wim, Follies — A National Trust Guide, Jonathan Cape, London 1986

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