Folly Collection (page 2)

Severndroog Castle, Shooters Hill, SE London
Severndroog Castle, Oxleas Wood, Shooters Hill, SE London, a folly dating back to the 18th century. Date: circa 1910

Haldon Belvedere Folly, built in 1788, in Devon, England, has panoramic views extending to Dartmoor, Exmoor, South Hams, etc. Renovated by Devon Historic Buildings Trust, 1994 Date: 1788

Mar del Plata - Argentina - Tower of the Monk
The Tower of the Monk (Torreon del Monje) one of the iconic buildings of the seaside resort of Mar del Plata, Argentina. It is a building of medieval influences

Broadway Tower
A beautiful sunset over Broadway Tower, Worcestershire - a striking folly which Lady Coventry had built in the 1790s. It was also once the home of William Morris. Date: 1950s

Young man standing by an ornate Italian-style Grotto or Victorian folly, complete with colonade and cherub... Date: circa 1890s

Perelada Castle - Figueres, Gerona Province, Spain. Built by Viscount Rocabert� n the 14th century outside the walled enclosure, beside the Carmelite Covent. Date: circa 1930s

Entrance to Port Antonio, Jamaica, West Indies, with the Folly Point lighthouse on the left, and the Titchfield Hotel in the centre distance. Date: circa 1910

Solomons Temple, Buxton, Derbyshire
Solomons Temple (Grinlow Tower), Buxton, Peak District, Derbyshire - a Victorian Fortified hill marker. Date: circa 1920s

The Folly of Riches - Luke 12. circa 1688

Fort Gazebo, Hillsborough, a folly and the picture shows it being used as a hen-house. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Hillsborough). Date: circa early 1900s

Tetherstake Rock and Tunnel, Downhill - a view of the stack and railway line and tunnel with the folly above. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Londonderry; Downhill td.). Date: circa early 1900s

The Temple, Mountstewart - a view of the folly with a motor car and people outside. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Down: Newtownards). Date: circa early 1900s

Bouke Street, Melbourne, Australia - Frank M. Clarks New Folly Company were performing at The Bijou Theatre (left) at this time. Date: 1906

Caricature of Claude Carton, British actor and playwright
Caricature of Richard Claude Carton (Richard Claude Critchett, 1856-1928), British actor and playwright. Seen here in the role of Barnes Durant in A W Pineros play, Imprudence

Dunstall Castle Folly
DUNSTALL CASTLE FOLLY This ruin was built by a former Earl of Coventry about 100 years ago to improve the landscape as seen from his mansion at Croome Park. Date: 1950s

Dagged Costumes C15Th
Male & female costumes ornamented with dagging: short cape, jackets with full sleeves or epaulettes, hose & garters, broad brimmed hat; gown with hanging sleeves. Date: 15th century

A Sham Castle / Folly (only a frontage), Bath. Date: 1990s

Heswall Girls Orphanage, Liverpool
The Girls Orphanage at Heswall, near Liverpool occupied a Victorian folly known as Heswall Castle. Date: early 1900s

Sammys Bowery Follies, New York City, USA
Sammys Bowery Follies, Bowery, New York City, USA, showing the performers grouped together on stage. Date: 1944

Heather Thatcher in The Cabaret Girl 1922
Heather Thatcher (1896 1987), English actress in theatre and films. Making a very fascinating member of the All-Night Folly Troupe in a musical comedy The Cabaret Girl, at the Winter Garden Threatre

Dorothy Field in The Cabaret Girl 1922
Dorothy Field, starring in a musical comedy The Cabaret Girl, at the Winter Garden Theatre, Londons West End. Wearing an enchanting rose-petal dress as Miss Tompkins

New Hollywood Theater, Hollywood, California, USA
The planned (but never built) New Hollywood Theater, Hollywood, California, USA. Date: 1920

Wembley Park Tower under construction. Also known as Watkins Tower, It was to be the centre piece of a pleasure park and based upon the Eiffel tower, 358 meters tall

Calton Hill, Edinburgh Scotland Date: late 19th century

Wembely Park Tower under construction
Wembley Park Tower under construction. Also known as Watkins Tower, It was to be the centre piece of a pleasure park and based upon the Eiffel tower, 358 meters tall

The Folly, Blaise Castle, near Bristol. Danby, Francis 1793 - 1861

Mount Edgecumbe - Folly overlooking Plymouth Sound
A folly in Mount Edgcumbe Country Park, one of four designated Country Parks in Cornwall. Situated on the Rame Peninsula, overlooking Plymouth Sound and the River Tamar. Date: circa 1904

Folly Bridge, Oxford -over the River Thames
Folly Bridge, Oxford over the River Thames, erected between 1825 and 1827, to designs of a little-known architect, Ebenezer Perry (died 1850), who practiced in London. Date: circa 1910s

Portugal - Sintra - View from Pena National Palace
Panoramic view of Sintra, Portugal from the iconic Pena National Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the Seven Wonders of Portugal

The days folly. Humorous print shows two women and a man trying to capture a man wearing nightgown before he flies through an open window. Date ca. 1800

Coming Robert Warwick and Doris Kenyon in A girls folly. Motion picture poster for A Girls Folly showing a partially draped woman lying at the base of a large mask (tragedy)

Rose Hill English Folly Co. Date c1899

Oxford Canal
A fine impression of the Oxford Canal, at the Folly, Napton, Warwickshire, England. Date: early 1960s

Boat House, Oxford
The Boat House at Folly Bridge, Oxford Date: 1821

Rushton, Northamptonshire
The triangular lodge at Rushton, Northamptonshire Date: 1841

Thomas Biggin Broadbent
THOMAS BIGGIN BROADBENT Dissenting churchman and educator, author of The Folly of Vice, to which this portrait is the frontispiece. Date: 1793 - 1817

Grand Union Canal Boat
A happy little boy aboard The Folly motor cruise boat on the Grand Union Canal at Napton, Warwickshire, England. Date: 1960s

The Wallace Monument, Stirling, Scotland
The Wallace Monument, on the summit of Abbey Craig, Stirling, Scotland - designed by architect John Thomas Rochead. Date: circa 1920s

Moroccan Moorish Market (rather a folly/fraud of an image, as it depicts an Ottoman Fountain in Morocco, even though the Ottoman Empire never stretched as far as Morocco....!). Date: circa 1910s

Funicular railway - Santiago, Chile
The Lower Station for the funicular railway running up the steep slope of the San Cristobal Hill, Santiago, Chile. The hill was named by the Spanish conquistadors for St Christopher

Paper House at Pigeon Cove, Massachusetts
Pigeon Cove, Rockport, Massachusetts - the interior of the Paper House - made entirely of newspapers. Built by Mr. Elis F

Brazil - Belem - Baptista Campos Park
The Castelinho (Castle) folly at the Praca Batista Campos (Batista Campos Square) in Belem, Para, Brazil Date: 1906

Angels Weeping
Angels weep at the spectacle of human folly... Date: 1904

Hillside folly at Vrsac, Serbia
A hillside folly at Vrsac (Versec, Versecz, Werschetz, Varset, Virsac) in Serbia

Lear / Nonsense / Lady / Bush
There was an Old Lady whose folly induced her to sit in a holly, Whereon, by a thorn, her dress being torn, She quickly became melancholy

Fortune and the Child
FORTUNE & THE CHILD or Traveller: A boy sleeps on the brink of a deep well; Fortune wakes him, not wanting the blame for the boys folly if he should fall

Fortune & the Schoolboy
FORTUNE & THE SCHOOLBOY or Child or Traveller: A boy sleeps on the brink of a deep well; Fortune wakes him, not wanting the blame for the boys folly if he should fall

Ruins of Nether Hall
The ruins of Nether Hall, Roydon, Essex, England. This fine old red brick archway is all that remains of a magificent mansion which was built in 1470

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