Survey Data
Reg No
16400814
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Folly
In Use As
Folly
Date
1870 - 1880
Coordinates
324998, 215579
Date Recorded
20/08/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding turret, built 1875, on a circular plan. The structure is constructed in rubble fieldstone. The turret has a castellated top with decorative machicolation. There is a square tourelle which is set on a corbelled base. The turret is set within what was the Hollybrook estate approximately half a kilometre to the south-east of Hollybrook. It is set on a rise with a wooded area.
Appraisal
A well preserved nineteenth-century folly. Combined with the house this romantic tower has a strong group value. However the land on which it is set is no longer a part of the main estate.