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...and Landscape Curiosities

PRESTON-UNDER-SCAR, North Riding

Bolton Hall Tower                                            SE 077 897           

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In the garden of Bolton Hall is a late 18th century hexagonal three-storey Gothic tower. On a map of 1723, there was a bowling green and a pavilion nearby. The stone from the pavilion may have been used to build the turret on the top of the crenellated parapet.

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Stallion Houses                                                   SE 078 900    

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Near to Hell Gill, on the Bolton Hall estate, are three circular late 19th century stallion houses in a line about 50 metres apart. The two outer ones have a surrounding wall that is about three metres from the stable. When the stallions were serving the mares there were no corners where the mares could have been injured.

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