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FABULOUS FOLLIES
...and Landscape Curiosities

OLDSTEAD, North Riding

Mount Snever Observatory        SE 537 804

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An inscription at the back of the tower reads:

JOHN WORMALD IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE REIGN OF QUEEN VICTORIA CAUSED THIS OBSERVATORY TO BE ERECTED
J. DODDS BUILDER

An inscription above the door reads:

          Here hills and waving groves a scene display
          And pat admit and part exclude the day
          See rich industry smiling on the plains
          And peace and plenty tell VICTORIA reigns!
          Happy the MAN to who these shades retires
          Whom NATURE charms, and whom the muse inspires
          Who wandering thoughtful in this silent wood
          Amends the duties of the wise and good
          To observe a mean, being himself a friend
          To follow NATURE and regard his end.

The tower once housed a telescope.


​Bunting Chapel                                                 

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