Wimpole's Folly

Coordinates: 52°9′2″N 0°3′2″W / 52.15056°N 0.05056°W / 52.15056; -0.05056

Mock semi-ruined castle designed by Miller, in the grounds of Wimpole Hall

Wimpole's Folly is a folly ruin located on the grounds of Wimpole Hall, in the parish of Wimpole, in Cambridgeshire, England.

The folly is designed to resemble the ruins of a medieval castle. It was built on the grounds of Wimpole Hall in the mid-1770s at the order of Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, the then owner of Wimpole Hall. The Earl of Hardwicke commissioned Sanderson Miller (the noted follies architect of the day) to design the folly in 1751, to then have it later built by Capability Brown in 1769. The folly is Grade II* listed on the National Heritage List for England.[1]

The ruins are substantially built and stretch for two hundred feet in length, and include a four-storey Gothic tower. They, and Wimpole Hall, are currently owned by the National Trust and open to the public.

References

  1. ↑ Historic England, "FOLLY CASTLE ABOUT 3/4 MILE NORTH OF WIMPOLE HALL (1317807)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 October 2016


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