Directory > Arts > Architecture > History > Building Types > Follies > United Kingdom Hawkstone Park and Follies The official site for this 18th-century garden with grottos and architectural oddities created in Shropshire, England, by Sir Rowland Hill. Photographs, brief history and visitor information. http://www.hawkstone.co.uk/park.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Follies and Monuments Eccentric buildings built by British eccentrics. A photograph and description of each building arranged by county, or accessible via the clickable map. Eccentric buildings built by British eccentrics. http://www.follytowers.com/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Follies, Grottoes and Garden Buildings Pavilions of Splendour defines a folly and provides illustrated descriptions of some examples. http://www.heritage.co.uk/follies/ffdef.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John "Mad Jack" Fuller Biography of this eccentric Georgian squire and MP, remembered for folly building, philanthropy and patronage of the arts and sciences. Includes photographs and descriptions of his follies. http://www.johnmadjackfuller.homestead.com/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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A Scottish Pineapple J.K. Gillon's illustrated description and discussion of the inspiration for the Dunmore Pineapple garden folly, built in 1761. http://gillonj.tripod.com/ascottishpineapple/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Painswick Rococo Garden Official site for this 18th-century garden dotted with follies. Photographs, description and visitor information. http://www.beta.co.uk/painswick/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Virtual Portmeirion Online tours, hundreds of photographs and information about Portmeirion, North Wales, a picturesque village created by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, including architectural follies. http://www.virtualportmeirion.com/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Beckford's Tower Built in 1827 for the accomplished but eccentric William Beckford, it is now a museum. The Bath Preservation Trust provides photographs, a brief history and description, and visitor information. http://www.bath-preservation-trust.org.uk/museums/beckford/index.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Freston Tower An illustrated introduction by Ed Broom to this six-story 16th-century building overlooking the River Orwell in Suffolk, with extracts about it from various guidebooks. http://www.freston.net/tower/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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