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Latitude: 52.5508 / 52°33'2"N
Longitude: -2.1739 / 2°10'25"W
OS Eastings: 388307
OS Northings: 294788
OS Grid: SO883947
Mapcode National: GBR 12Y.9Z
Mapcode Global: VH913.84MW
Plus Code: 9C4VHR2G+8F
Entry Name: Badger's Folly
Listing Date: 23 September 1981
Last Amended: 18 December 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1232410
English Heritage Legacy ID: 407790
ID on this website: 101232410
Location: Spring Hill, South Staffordshire, WV4
County: Staffordshire
District: South Staffordshire
Civil Parish: Wombourne
Built-Up Area: Wolverhampton
Traditional County: Staffordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Staffordshire
Church of England Parish: Penn St Bartholomew
Church of England Diocese: Lichfield
Tagged with: Architectural structure
WOMBOURNE C.P. BEARNETT DRIVE (south side)
SO 89 SE
5/142 Badger's Folly (formerly
listed as Garden Folly
23.9.81 to"South of Bearnett
House")
II
Garden structure. Early C19. Coursed sandstone rubble. Gothic folly in
the form of a ruined castle and consisting of a cylindrical tower with short
lengths of wall attached to the south and west. East front. Cylindrical
tower to the right rising to 2 storey height, pointed and nail studded door,
and first floor loop to the right. Attached wall to the left with pointed
doorway flanked by a pair of rectangular loops. To the rear of the tower is
a 4-centred arch doorway. Badger's Folly was formerly within the garden of
Bearnett House (q.v.) but now stands in the midst of a 1980's housing development.
Listing NGR: SO8830794788
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