Belview

Folly

What is recorded here

Freestanding limestone folly, built c.1800, comprising screen wall with recessed central bay and having flying buttresses to each end. Crenellations with cut-stone octagonal-profile pinnacles. Rubble stone walls with cut-stone string course and circular and loop recesses. Pointed arch door opening to centre, flanked…

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This is one of several eyecatching landmarks on the roadside associated with Belview. It forms part of an interesting group of demesne structures, along with the Volunteer Arch and the similarly detailed estate house. Sited to close a vista, the simple form and large crenellations make the scale difficult to discern, giving the impression of a large ruin from a distance. This was a common feature of follies erected as part of the picturesque style of landscaping. The approach from the west, however, candidly displays the deceptive nature of the structure, showing the thin edge of the façade.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 30410019

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