Description

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THAXTED

1 PARK STREET
TL63SW: 5/866 Folly in garden
GV of Oakhurst
II

Garden house. Early C19. Octagonal 1 storey flint folly with
brick quoins and brick plinth. Some of the flints are vitrified
and thought to have originated from a kiln in the grounds of the
adjoining Aldeborough House which fired bricks for the windmill
of 1805 Gothick arched door with fanlight filled in with 2
doveholes. Plank door, 4 Gothick windows with over-lapping
glazing. Underneath the windows are panels of unknapped flints
flanked by vitrified flints contrasting in colour and texture.
2 sides have brick crosses and worn medieval corbel heads thought
to have come from Tilty Abbey. Armorial shield over door. To
the rear is a round-headed blocked doorcase but internally the
original Gothick headed shape is visible. 3 sides of brick work
have been renewed Roman cement ceiling. Floor is of cross
sections of whole tree trunks.

Listing NGR: TL6116630782

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26406830

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version