Survey Data

Reg No

31312103


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural, Social


Original Use

Folly


In Use As

Folly


Date

1860 - 1870


Coordinates

119370, 259182


Date Recorded

16/12/2010


Date Updated

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Description

Freestanding folly, erected 1865; extant 1894, on a hexagonal plan with dragged cut-limestone Doric columns supporting "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" cornice on "Triglyph"-detailed frieze on entablature. Set on mound in unkempt grounds shared with Neale House.

Appraisal

A "Temple of the Winds" folly erected by John Cavendish Browne (1794-1873), third Baron Kilmaine, atop the vaulted footings of an unfinished tower begun (1785) by John Browne MP (1726-94), first Baron Kilmaine.