Description

BIDEFORD

SS42NW SLADE
842-1/1/220 (South side (off))
03/11/87 Folly in garden approx 12m S of
Rosemullion (not included)
(Formerly Listed as:
SLADE ROAD
(South side (off))
Slade Folly)

II

Folly, originally related to Moretonk, Abbotsham Road (qv),
but now in garden of late C20 house (not listed) called
Rosemullion. Early C19. Stone rubble. Consists of a
semi-circular piece of walling designed on the W side to
resemble a small medieval castle. Slightly convex 2-stage
centre with round turret at each side. Raised band between the
stages. Each turret has a pointed-arched doorway (blocked in
1990) in the lower stage with a narrow flat-headed window in
the upper stage. Double raised band at the top of each turret,
that to left with a plain parapet above, that to right with 8
mock arrow-slits and part of a conical roof. Centre has in
upper stage 3 tall blind recesses with cranked heads and
parapet with 3 arrow-slits. There is no INTERIOR to the
structure, but before the doorways were blocked in it is said
to have been possible to climb the turrets.

Listing NGR: SS4421926740

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26580449

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)