Henley Folly

Im sure this is the correct place to post this.

Not going to say to much as i dont want to say the wrong things.


Fawley Court is in Henley on Thames and is worth £22 million.

http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/news.php?id=31444

On the site is what looks like a church but is infact called a FOLLY, i believe this is how its spelt. Some may of heard it called Devils chapel?

For those of you that dont know a FOLLY is something thats built with no purpose to show your wealth.

Anyway, onto the pics: You cant actually see it very well or access it but its there. Would love to see inside.




The FOLLY is the stone built building which is hard to see


The white build is just a pass through/entrance?

Public footpath goes under

The FOLLY is on the left




SECURITY

AJW1977 said:

a FOLLY is something thats built with no purpose to show your wealth.

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That very sweeping statement is probably only fully correct in 5% - 10% of the structures that were constructed purely as a folly. In the context of this estate and many others that are within/or were within grand landscaped vistas, the folly plays a major part in drawing ones eye into the landscape, Unfortunately, as in this estate's grounds, the original concept by the designer of the landscape has been completely lost to the wildly overgrown state of the original plantings.

Obviously it is the total estate that would have indicated the wealth of the owner, not just the folly, but when one views an estate that has been maintained in the mature state that the landscape designer originally envisaged in his minds eye, one can only be amazed at the skill and vision of these talented people. Yes it took the landowners' wealth to allow these people to create such vistas, but they also continue to provide enjoyment in the money oriented world of ours today.

Four of the Follies built on the Barwick Park Estate (c1770) near Yeovil in Somerset are said to mark or indicate the estate boundaries at the cardinal compass points. There is a fifth, a subterranean grotto at the western end of the lake.

The Somerset Historic Environment Record, which I consider to be the most reliable source on the matter, appears to come to the conclusion that these particular Follies were constructed as part of the overall scheme for the setting of Barwick House.

http://webapp1.somerset.gov.uk/her/details.asp?prn=55165

They are certainly interesting and I appreciate your efforts in highlighting this one.