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FABULOUS FOLLIES
...and Landscape Curiosities

GUISBOROUGH, North Riding

Sunnyfield House Gazebo                           NZ 610 159

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  The late 18th century gazebo was originally a garden   feature of Sunnyfield House before the construction of       Westgate Road. It is a two-storey building with a timber   cupola.


Guisborough Priory Dovecote                    NZ 616 160                    

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The canons of Gisborough Priory built a dovecote in the 14th century. It was rebuilt in the mid 18th century as part of the Old Gisborough Hall estate when a pyramidal roof and an open-sided cupola were added. 

The timber nesting boxes have been removed.

It is now surrounded by a market garden, and is used as a tool store. 





Eston Nab                                        NZ 589 183     

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In John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England, 1870-72, Eston Nab is described as:

    EASTON-NAB, an eminence in N.R. Yorkshire; on Barnaby-Moor,         near Guisbrough. It has a height of 784 feet; and is crowned with a beacon, a square turret, which commands one of the grandest     prospects in England.


The tower was at one time used as a dwelling before being badly damaged and demolished in 1956.





Guisborough Priory Window                      NZ 616 190        

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In an engraving by Kip in 1709, the east end of Guisborough Priory is an important feature of the gardens of the Old Hall.

At some time the wall below the window was removed to accentuate the arch as an eyecatcher.

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On a garden plan of 1773, a north-south path is aligned with the end of the east end of the priory wall to create an eyecatcher.

At Walsingham, Norfolk, the priory window was also used as an eyecatcher. 


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Copyright Ray Blyth 2018