Tattingstone Wonder

Tattingstone Folly, rear view (cottages)

The Tattingstone Wonder is a folly at Tattingstone in Suffolk, England.

Located some six miles south of Ipswich the Tattingstone Wonder was originally two cottages. In 1790 Edward White,[lower-alpha 1] the local squire, did not like his view of the cottages from Tattingstone Place. He decided to add a third cottage and finished them to look like a church by adding a fake tower and flint façade.[2] It has become a famous Suffolk landmark.[3][4]

Tattingstone Folly, front view

References

Notes
  1. ↑ English Heritage gives the name of the squire as Thomas White.[1]
  1. ↑ (English Heritage Staff 2015)
  2. ↑ (Halliday 2013)
  3. ↑ "Tattingstone Wonder". Geograph.org.uk. 2007. Retrieved 2015-05-23.
  4. ↑ (Le Vey 2005, p. 243)
Sources
  • English Heritage Staff (2015) (2015). "The Tattingstone Wonder, Tattingstone". English Heritage. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
  • Le Vey, Benedict (2005). Eccentric Britain: The Bradt Guide to Britain's Follies and Foibles. Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 1841621226.
  • Halliday, Robert (2013). Suffolk Strange But True. The History Press. ISBN 0750953330.

Coordinates: 51°59′02″N 1°06′49″E / 51.9838°N 1.1137°E / 51.9838; 1.1137

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