How Hill Tower, Wallerthwaite, North Yorkshire
How Hill Tower is built on the site of the Chapel of Saint Michael de Monte. The hill with the village of Erlesholt (now deserted) was given by Robert de Sartis to Fountains Abbey and the chapel was built in c1200. It was repaired or rebuilt between 1494 and 1526 by Abbot Marmaduke Huby. This tower was built by John Aislabie. It was as part of the first phase of the garden at Studley Park in c1718-23. Fragments of the ruined chapel were incorporated into the tower. It was used as a gaming house in 1737-8 and may later have functioned as a folly.
