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Knocklofty House

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Knocklofty House
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Freestanding single-bay single-stage folly or turret, extant 1832, on an octagonal plan. Creeper- or ivy-covered red brick Flemish bond octagonal dome. Lime rendered or roughcast rubble stone walls with red brick header bond stepped stringcourse supporting red brick chamfered battlements. Pointed-arch door opening below blind oculus with overgrown threshold, and concealed red brick block-and-start surround with no fittings surviving. Pointed-arch blind window openings below blind oculi with cut-granite sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing lime rendered or roughcast infill. Set on an elevated site.

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