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Latitude: 52.4606 / 52°27'38"N
Longitude: -2.7953 / 2°47'43"W
OS Eastings: 346058
OS Northings: 285036
OS Grid: SO460850
Mapcode National: GBR BG.L4HV
Mapcode Global: VH767.HFL1
Plus Code: 9C4VF663+6V
Entry Name: Flounders' Folly
Listing Date: 15 March 1974
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1269911
English Heritage Legacy ID: 460286
Also known as: Flounder's Folly
Flounders Folly
ID on this website: 101269911
Location: Shropshire, SY7
County: Shropshire
Civil Parish: Culmington
Traditional County: Shropshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Shropshire
Church of England Parish: Culmington
Church of England Diocese: Hereford
Tagged with: Folly tower
SO 48 NE; 1943-1/7/1
CULMINGTON,
Flounders' Folly
15/03/74
II
Folly, in form of square tower. Dated 1836. For Benjamin
Flounders. Sandstone rubble; roofless.
EXTERIOR: formerly approximately 24m in height, with dressed
stone battlements, now fallen. One or two embrasures to each
front; chamfered pointed arch to south-east front; tablet
inscribed: "B.F. 1836".
INTERIOR: remains of simple open-well staircase.
HISTORY: erected to mark meeting-point of 4 estates as
employment for the poor, by Benjamin Flounders of Medley Park.
An important landmark throughout the district.
Listing NGR: SO4605885036
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