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folly — STOKESTOWN

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folly — STOKESTOWN
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Freestanding single-bay single-stage over part raised basement folly or summerhouse, extant 1840, on an octagonal plan. Now in ruins. Octagonal slate roof now missing with red brick Running bond "wallhead" chimney stack supporting abbreviated yellow terracotta pot, and no rainwater goods surviving on slate flagged eaves. Slate hung walls on lime rendered or roughcast base. Square-headed window openings (basement) with concealed dressings framing remains of timber fittings. Pointed-arch door opening approached by flight of toppled cut-granite steps with concealed dressings framing remains of timber fittings including fanlight. Pointed-arch window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing remains of six-over-six timber sash windows having timber boarded overpanels. Interior in ruins with remains of decorative timber boarded panelling centred on chimneypiece. Set in field on a slightly elevated site.

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