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Folly built around 1766 to look like a ruined castle when viewed from nearby Croome Court.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>The M5 motorway with signs giving mile information about upcoming services.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>If only motorways were like this all the time! The M5 motorway to the north of Strensham Services on Christmas Day.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>The central tower and eastern arch of Dunstall Castle. Not a real castle but a folly or 'eyecatcher' built for the 6th Earl of Coventry in 1766. It was designed by Robert Adam and in a letter dated 17th September 1765 to the Earl he refers to 'Drawing of the ruin for a visto from the house. I think it might be built to have a good effect at a Distance at no great expence, as there does nor require much delicacy in the workmanship.'(sic) (Source: The Coventrys of Croome, Catherine Gordon ISBN 1 86077 139 4) Adam was paid £5 for the drawing.
©Philip Halling
Dist:0.3km<br/>Dunstall Castle which is a folly built for the 6th Earl of Coventry in 1766 to a design by Robert Adam is now owned by the National Trust and along with nearby follies of the Panorama Tower and the Pirton Castle has undergone restoration. The folly has only emerged from the scaffolding in the last week or so and has been restored to its original design with the rebuilding of the small tower at the tower, the original collapsed many years ago.
©Philip Halling
Dist:0.3km<br/>The east and central tower of Dunstall Castle. The castle is in fact a folly built for the 6th Earl of Coventry in 1766. It was designed by Robert Adam and in a letter dated 17th September 1765 to the Earl he refers to 'Drawing of the ruin for a visto from the house. I think it might be built to have a good effect at a Distance at no great expence, as there does nor require much delicacy in the workmanship.'(sic) (Source: The Coventrys of Croome, Catherine Gordon ISBN 1 86077 139 4) Adam was paid £5 for the drawing.
©Philip Halling
Dist:0.4km<br/>Built in the 1760s as a folly for the sixth Earl of Coventry from nearby Croome Court, Dunstall Castle is now under scaffolding, part of a programme being undertaken by the National Trust who acquired the folly along with nearby Pirton Castle and the Panorama Tower in 2009.
©Philip Halling
Dist:0.4km<br/>View from below the eastern arch of Dunstall Castle, a folly or 'eyecatcher' built for the 6th Earl of Coventry in 1766. It was designed by Robert Adam and in a letter dated 17th September 1765 to the Earl he refers to 'Drawing of the ruin for a visto from the house. I think it might be built to have a good effect at a Distance at no great expence, as there does nor require much delicacy in the workmanship.'(sic) (Source: The Coventrys of Croome, Catherine Gordon ISBN 1 86077 139 4) Adam was paid £5 for the drawing.
©Philip Halling
Dist:0.4km<br/>Dunstall Common is a folly or 'eyecatcher' built for the 6th Earl of Coventry in 1766. It was designed by Robert Adam and in a letter dated 17th September 1765 to the Earl he refers to 'Drawing of the ruin for a visto from the house. I think it might be built to have a good effect at a Distance at no great expence, as there does nor require much delicacy in the workmanship.'(sic) (Source: The Coventrys of Croome, Catherine Gordon ISBN 1 86077 139 4) Adam was paid £5 for the drawing.
©Philip Halling
Dist:0.4km<br/>Dunstall Castle, one of a number of follies or eyecatchers on the Croome Estate, pictured here on a spring evening. In 2009, the folly was purchased by the National Trust and underwent restoration [[[1637799]]] the work was completed in July 2010 [[[2056081]]]
©Philip Halling
Dist:0.4km<br/>One of the towers of Dunstall Castle, the 18th century folly built for the 6th Earl of Coventry.
©Philip Halling
Dist:0.4km<br/>Built in the 1760s as a folly for the sixth Earl of Coventry from nearby Croome Court Dunstall Castle is now under scaffolding part of a programme being undertaken by the National Trust.
©Philip Halling
Dist:0.4km<br/>View up the interior of the east tower of the folly known as Dunstall Castle.
©Philip Halling
Dist:0.4km<br/>Dunstall Castle is not a real castle but a folly built in the 1760s for the 6th Earl of Coventry, one of a number built as part of the landscape park of Cromme Court, which is one mile to the north of this folly. Here the folly is viewed from the footpath to the south.
©Philip Halling
Dist:0.4km<br/>A folly on Dunstall Common built for the 6th Earl of Coventry in 1766. It was designed by Robert Adam and in a letter dated 17th September 1765 to the Earl he refers to 'Drawing of the ruin for a visto from the house. I think it might be built to have a good effect at a Distance at no great expence, as there does nor require much delicacy in the workmanship.'(sic) (Source: The Coventrys of Croome, Catherine Gordon ISBN 1 86077 139 4) Adam was paid £5 for the drawing.
©Philip Halling

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