The Folly in Raby Park
THE FOLLY IN RABY PARK, BURNT HOUSES ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1121773
- Date first listed:
- 14-Sept-1966
- List Entry Name:
- The Folly in Raby Park
- Statutory Address:
- THE FOLLY IN RABY PARK, BURNT HOUSES ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1121773
- Date first listed:
- 14-Sept-1966
- List Entry Name:
- The Folly in Raby Park
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE FOLLY IN RABY PARK, BURNT HOUSES ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE FOLLY IN RABY PARK, BURNT HOUSES ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County Durham (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Raby with Keverstone
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 12766 23152
Details
RABY WITH KEVERSTONE BURNT HOUSES ROAD NZ 12 SW (South side, off) 9/81 The Folly in 14/9/66 Raby Park
II*
Folly to Raby Castle. 1780 by J. Carr, incorporating medieval barbican arch and other fragments from Raby Castle. Coarse pinkish sandstone arch; other sections rubble or brick with ashlar dressings and quoins; dense vegetation obscures possible plinth. Gateway and 2-storey, one-bay towers linked by walls; right one-storey, one-bay addition in similar materials and style. Double-chamfered arch, on half-octagonal shafts with moulded capitals, in stone wall under brick string and parapet containing window with 4 trefoil- headed lights. Flanking turrets are rubble, and contain small openings with monolithic round heads, below string and truncated pierced pyramids. Flanking these are lower narrow rubble sections with quatrefoil openings. Walls, with windows with 3 trefoil-headed lights, link to towers with 2-light ground-floor windows and single light above in same style but with brick label moulds. Embattled parapet. Derelict at time of survey.
Source: A. Rowan, 'Gothick Restoration at Raby' in Architectural History, 15, 1971, fig. 21b.
Listing NGR: NZ1276623152
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 111446
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Architectural History in Architectural History, Vol. 15, (1971)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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