Wimpole's Folly

[2] It was built on the grounds of Wimpole Hall in the mid-1770s at the order of Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, the then owner of Wimpole Hall.

The Earl of Hardwicke commissioned Sanderson Miller (the noted follies architect of the day) to design the folly in 1751, to then have it later built by Capability Brown in 1769.

[3] The ruins are substantially built and stretch for two hundred feet in length, and include a four-storey Gothic tower.

They, and Wimpole Hall, are owned by the National Trust and are open to the public.

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