Survey Data
Reg No
20910002
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Original Use
Farmyard complex
In Use As
Farmyard complex
Date
1780 - 1800
Coordinates
183263, 60102
Date Recorded
02/08/2007
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding circular-plan folly tower, built c. 1790. Rubble limestone walls with pointed-arch openings.
Appraisal
Ornamental folly of well-executed limestone construction forming part of the historic Trabolgan House demesne, seat of Lord Fermoy, Edmond Roche Esq., and the Roche family from 1700 to 1880. The Gothic folly, named as Roche's Tower, was built as a banqueting house with panoramic views, and subsequently rented to the government as a watch tower in the late eighteenth century.