The English Folly: The Edifice Complex.

By:

Headley, Gwyn [Author]

Contributor(s):

Meulenkamp, Wim

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: [Place of publication not identified] : Oxford University Press USA : (c)2020.; Historic England in association with Liverpool University Press, (c)2020.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781800346727

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

NA8460 .E545 2020

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Contents:

Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Bones of the ancients: druids, hermits and pharaohs -- 2. Heaven's Gate: arches, gateways, bridges and lodges -- 3. Pavilions of splendour: hovels, cottages, pavilions and palaces -- 4. Cloud-capp'd towers: towers, pinnacles and steeples -- 5. Rooms with a view: gazebos and eyecatchers -- 6. No love affair is complete without a grotto: grottoes, caves and tunnels -- 7. Mantling ivy: shamruins and castles -- 8. The genius of the place: folly groups and gardens

10. We too: women and follies -- 11. Remembrance of things past: mausolea, monuments, memorials and memories -- 12. The poor man at the gate: scrap shacks and jardins imaginaires -- 13. Golli-Gosperado: a miscellany of curiosities -- Bibliography -- Index

Subject: A fascinating book that looks at folly builders, people so blinded by fashion or driven by ideology that they spent great fortunes on making their point in brick, stone and flint. Most follies are simply misunderstood buildings, and this book studies the motives, characters, decisions and delusions of their builders.

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Bones of the ancients: druids, hermits and pharaohs -- 2. Heaven's Gate: arches, gateways, bridges and lodges -- 3. Pavilions of splendour: hovels, cottages, pavilions and palaces -- 4. Cloud-capp'd towers: towers, pinnacles and steeples -- 5. Rooms with a view: gazebos and eyecatchers -- 6. No love affair is complete without a grotto: grottoes, caves and tunnels -- 7. Mantling ivy: shamruins and castles -- 8. The genius of the place: folly groups and gardens

9. Animal crackers: aviaries, deerfolds, dairies, dovecotes, pig palaces et cetera -- 10. We too: women and follies -- 11. Remembrance of things past: mausolea, monuments, memorials and memories -- 12. The poor man at the gate: scrap shacks and jardins imaginaires -- 13. Golli-Gosperado: a miscellany of curiosities -- Bibliography -- Index

A fascinating book that looks at folly builders, people so blinded by fashion or driven by ideology that they spent great fortunes on making their point in brick, stone and flint. Most follies are simply misunderstood buildings, and this book studies the motives, characters, decisions and delusions of their builders.

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