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Badger's Folly

A Grade II Listed Building in Wombourne, Staffordshire

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Coordinates

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

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Description


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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