The English Folly

The Edifice Complex

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Taking the standpoint that ‘most follies are simply misunderstood buildings’, Headley and Meulenkamp explore the aims of their builders. Asking whether they were seeking admiration, approval, respect or awe, or if they were simply unable to resist their creative urge, they present a gazetteer of examples such as Heaven’s Gate on Siddown Hill, built to frame the view of Highclere Castle, and home built 60 feet in the air to disguise a water tank in Suffolk.

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