The Folly @ Mount Edgecumbe
Mount Edgcumbe House. Torpoint, ENG, PL10 1HZ GB / ENG
Location Description
The Folly is dated at 1747 is an artificial ruin replacing a navigation obelisk that was originally on that site. It was built using Medieval stone from the churches of St George and St Lawrence in Stonehouse. It is of rectangular plan and roofless with a viewing platform at the first floor reached by steps at the rear. The Folly sits halfway up a slope with views down to the river, across Drakes Island and Plymouth Sound and up to the Deer Park area of Mount Edgcumbe.
Location Category
- PUBLIC ART - Statues / Monuments
