The Farm follies of Greystoke
Location : Greystoke
Map - Ordnance Survey - NY 460311.
To the East of the village of Greystoke are three well known folly farmholds built about 1789 by Charles Howard (the 11th Duke of Norfolk) (1746-1815) of Greystoke Castle:
- Fort Putnam is really a screen round a farmhouse, with battlements, a turret and a large church window, and with details similar to those of the tower at the castle
- Bunker's Hill has a three sided screen with a broad polygonal tower.
- Spire House has a polygonal tower carrying a recessed spire.
Fort Putnam.
Bunkers Hill.
Spire House.
Aerial photos by Simon Ledingham.
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