Badger's Folly / Garden Folly To Outh Of Bearnett House

Date:
22 Aug 1999
Location:
Badger's Folly, Bearnett Drive, Wombourne, South Staffordshire, Staffordshire
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Garden Folly To Outh Of Bearnett House, Bearnett Drive#, Wombourne, South Staffordshire, Staffordshire
Reference:
IOE01/02131/30
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Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

WOMBOURNE C.P. BEARNETT DRIVE (south side) SO 89 SE 5/142 Badger's Folly (formerly listed as Garden Folly 23.9.81 to"South of Bearnett House") II Garden structure. Early C19. Coursed sandstone rubble. Gothic folly in the form of a ruined castle and consisting of a cylindrical tower with short lengths of wall attached to the south and west. East front. Cylindrical tower to the right rising to 2 storey height, pointed and nail studded door, and first floor loop to the right. Attached wall to the left with pointed doorway flanked by a pair of rectangular loops. To the rear of the tower is a 4-centred arch doorway. Badger's Folly was formerly within the garden of Bearnett House (q.v.) but now stands in the midst of a 1980's housing development.

Listing NGR: SO8830794788

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/0880 IOE Records taken by Mark Hadley; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Mark Hadley. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

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Photographer: Hadley, Mark

Rights Holder: Hadley, Mark

Keywords

Rubble, Sandstone, Georgian Tower, Victorian Unassigned, Building, Garden Ornament, Gardens Parks And Urban Spaces, Folly, Garden Building