folly

Not a huge amount to see on this site, nor is there much history but it's an interesting landmark, seen from the A50, so thought I'd take a gander on a wet morning. Pulled from another site: In 1723 Lord George Vernon the owner of Sudbury Hall built this fortress like structure to keep his...

Wilder's folly\dove cote otherwise know as Pincent's tower, Nunhide Tower and Flint's Folly or even pigeon tower by locals, is a folly dating back to when built in the year 1769 by Reverend Henry Wilder (1744–1814). He was courting Joan Thoyts (c. 1748–1837), younger sister of John Thoyts of...