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FABULOUS FOLLIES
...and Landscape Curiosities

BEWERLEY, West Riding

Castlehead wall

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The Coldstones Cut                                          SE 131 643                           

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The Coldstones Cut at Greenhow is a new installation overlooking a working quarry.

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Yorke's Folly                                                         SE 157 635   

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Once known as The Three Stoops, until one pillar was blown down in 1893, Yorke's Folly was built for John Yorke as an eyecatcher from his residence at Bewerley Hall. He may have been inspired by the ruins of Fountains Abbey to have a romantic ruin on his estate.

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Tower                                                                  SE 158 647

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  Tower

  The tower has a flat side where it was originally   adjoined to Bewerley   Hall, which was demolished in   1924.

 Icehouse                                                            SE 156 646            

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  The Icehouse has recently been restored and is in   Fishpond Wood.

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