Folly tower

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A folly tower is a tower that has been built as an architectural folly, that is, constructed for ornamental rather than practical reasons. Folly towers are common in Great Britain and Ireland, and often do have some practical value as landmarks, or as viewpoints, unlike other types of folly.

List of folly towers

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Folly towers
NameLocationCountyYear builtNotes
Beckford's TowerBathSomerset1827built by owner as a library and retreat
Bettison's FollyHornseaEast Riding of Yorkshire19th century 
Boot's FollyStrines ReservoirSouth Yorkshire1927built as a job creation scheme
Brizlee TowerAlnwickNorthumberland1781 
Broadway TowerBroadwayWorcestershire1794 
Brown's FollyBathfordSomerset1848 
Castleboy TowerCastleboyCo. Galwayc.1800-1840Formerly part of Castleboy country house
Charborough Tower Charborough Park Dorset 1790
Clavell TowerIsle of PurbeckDorset1830used as an observatory
Conygar TowerDunsterSomerset1775 
Cranmore TowerCranmoreSomerset1860s 
Culloden TowerRichmondNorth Yorkshire1746built to commemorate Cumberland's victory in the Battle of Culloden
Faringdon FollyFaringdonOxfordshire1935 
Flounder's FollyCraven ArmsShropshire1838 
Fox Tower, BroughBroughCumbria1775 
Freston TowerFrestonSuffolkc. 15th–17th
century		 
Gothic BoathouseGunnersbury ParkLondonc. 1835 
Hadlow TowerHadlowKent1838 
Hartcliff FollyPenistoneSouth Yorkshire1856 
King Alfred's TowerBrewhamSomerset1760sbuilt to commemorate the end of the Seven Years' War and accession of George III
Kingfisher TowerOtsego LakeNew York1876built as a job creation scheme
Luttrell's TowerCalshotHampshirec. 1780possibly built as a landmark for smugglers
Nicolle TowerMont UbéJersey1821 
Paxton's TowerLlanarthneyCarmarthenshire1800s 
Penny TowerGalwayCounty Galway1822built as a relief work during the Irish Famine, for which workers were paid a penny a day[1]
Perrot's FollyEdgbastonWest Midlands1758 
Folly Tower, PontypoolPontypoolTorfaen1760sbuilt as an observatory
Siddons Towernear Cork HarbourCounty Cork, Irelandc. 1777[2]named for actress Sarah Siddons[3]
Stratton's TowerLittle BerkhamstedHertfordshire1789served as a weather station
Uig TowerUigSkye1860 
Volta TowerFinedonNorthants1865 
Wainhouse TowerHalifaxWest Yorkshire1875served as a factory chimney
Watkin's TowerWembleyLondon1895not completed
Wilder's FollySulhamBerks1789built as a belvedere, also served as a dovecote
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