Folly Approximately 450 Metres West North West of Tower Cottage at Junction of Paths in Deffer Woods Just Within the Parish Boundary
FOLLY APPROXIMATELY 450 METRES WEST NORTH WEST OF TOWER COTTAGE AT JUNCTION OF PATHS IN DEFFER WOODS JUST WITHIN THE PARISH BOUNDARY, NEW ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1192113
- Date first listed:
- 23-Nov-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Folly Approximately 450 Metres West North West of Tower Cottage at Junction of Paths in Deffer Woods Just Within the Parish Boundary
- Statutory Address:
- FOLLY APPROXIMATELY 450 METRES WEST NORTH WEST OF TOWER COTTAGE AT JUNCTION OF PATHS IN DEFFER WOODS JUST WITHIN THE PARISH BOUNDARY, NEW ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1192113
- Date first listed:
- 23-Nov-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Folly Approximately 450 Metres West North West of Tower Cottage at Junction of Paths in Deffer Woods Just Within the Parish Boundary
- Statutory Address 1:
- FOLLY APPROXIMATELY 450 METRES WEST NORTH WEST OF TOWER COTTAGE AT JUNCTION OF PATHS IN DEFFER WOODS JUST WITHIN THE PARISH BOUNDARY, NEW ROAD
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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:
- FOLLY APPROXIMATELY 450 METRES WEST NORTH WEST OF TOWER COTTAGE AT JUNCTION OF PATHS IN DEFFER WOODS JUST WITHIN THE PARISH BOUNDARY, NEW ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Barnsley (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Cawthorne
- National Grid Reference:
- SE2625108589
Details
SE 20 NE
SE 2625 0855
3/65
CAWTHORNE
NEW ROAD
(West side, off)
Folly approx 450 metres west-north-west of Tower Cottage at junction of paths in Deffer Woods just within the parish boundary
II
Folly. Early to mid C19. Coursed squared rubble outer wall, dressed stone
inner wall in reducing courses. Tiled conical roof with stone slate lower
courses. A circular building, the front being open and the roof here
supported by 4 yew trunks on simple stone footings. Remains of the
herringbone brickwork floor survive in part with a stone verge. The front
ends of the semi-circular back wall were formerly finished in rounded
brickwork, the left side now rendered, the right side gone. The folly
appears on the 1854 Ordnance Survey map.
Listing NGR: SE2625108589
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 334191
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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