Folly About 250 Metres South South East of Wall Hall

FOLLY ABOUT 250 METRES SOUTH SOUTH EAST OF WALL HALL, WALL HALL

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1173252
Date first listed:
12-Aug-1985
Statutory Address:
FOLLY ABOUT 250 METRES SOUTH SOUTH EAST OF WALL HALL, WALL HALL

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Date:
2007-09-17
Reference:
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1173252
Date first listed:
12-Aug-1985
Statutory Address 1:
FOLLY ABOUT 250 METRES SOUTH SOUTH EAST OF WALL HALL, WALL HALL

Location

Statutory Address:
FOLLY ABOUT 250 METRES SOUTH SOUTH EAST OF WALL HALL, WALL HALL

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Hertfordshire
District:
Hertsmere (District Authority)
Parish:
Aldenham
National Grid Reference:
TQ 13784 99296

Details

TQ 19 NW ALDENHAM WALL HALL

6/48 Folly about 250m
SSE of Wall Hall

GV II


Folly. c.1800 for G.W.Thelluson. Built with Wall Hall (q.v.). Brick,
upper part cement rendered. Picturesque Gothic. A tall wall with a
pointed arch gateway and a large turret to left, square at base
chamfered up to an octagon, with a lancet opening. See Sham Ruin (q.v.).
(Pevsner 1977)


Listing NGR: TQ1378499296

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164096
Legacy System:
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Pevsner, N, Cherry, B, The Buildings of England: Hertfordshire, (1977)

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