Survey Data
Reg No
31312103
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
Folly
In Use As
Folly
Date
1860 - 1870
Coordinates
119370, 259182
Date Recorded
16/12/2010
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding folly, erected 1865; extant 1894, on a hexagonal plan with dragged cut-limestone Doric columns supporting "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" cornice on "Triglyph"-detailed frieze on entablature. Set on mound in unkempt grounds shared with Neale House.
Appraisal
A "Temple of the Winds" folly erected by John Cavendish Browne (1794-1873), third Baron Kilmaine, atop the vaulted footings of an unfinished tower begun (1785) by John Browne MP (1726-94), first Baron Kilmaine.