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Best of South East England

The 12 best follies in South East England

Our curated top 12 follies in South East England, ranked by quality rating, image richness and content depth. For the complete list of 113 follies see the full follies index for South East England.

  1. 1

    Midford Castle

    Midford Castle, follies in South East England

    Midford Castle — Folly or eyecatcher.

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  2. 2

    Beckford's Tower

    Beckford's Tower, follies in South East England

    Beckford's Tower — Folly or eyecatcher.

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  3. 3

    Browne's Folly

    Browne's Folly, follies in South East England

    Browne's Folly — Folly or eyecatcher.

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  4. 4

    Nore Hill Folly

    West Sussex

    Nore Hill Folly, follies in West Sussex

    Nore Hill Folly — Folly or eyecatcher.

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  5. 5

    King Alfred's Tower

    King Alfred's Tower, follies in South East England

    King Alfred's Tower — Folly or eyecatcher, 1769-1770.

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  6. 6

    The Pepperbox

    The Pepperbox, follies in South East England

    The Pepperbox — Folly or eyecatcher.

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  7. 7

    Racton Monument

    West Sussex

    Racton Monument - geograph.org.uk - 2492397

    Racton Monument — a Grade II*-listed folly in england-south-east, United Kingdom.

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  8. 8

    Luttrell's Tower

    Hampshire

    Luttrell's Tower, follies in Hampshire

    Luttrell's Tower is a three-storey stuccoed yellow brick folly south of Southampton, Hampshire, England, near the village of Calshot. It has a six-storey circular stair turret extending above the rest

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    Charborough Tower

    Charborough Tower, follies in South East England

    Details SY 99 NW MORDEN CHARBOROUGH PARK 3/131 Charborough Tower 20/11/59 GV II * Tower "folly". Built 1790, partly reconstructed and heightened 1839 after lightning damage. Plastered walls, lead flat

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  10. 10

    Firle Tower

    East Sussex

    Firle Tower, follies in East Sussex

    Details FIRLE FIRLE PARK 1. 5206 Firle Tower TQ 40 NE 15/521 20.8.65. II 2. Dated 1819. Built by the third Viscount Gage as a game-keepers cottage and placed at the top of a small hill so that the gam

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    Horton Tower

    Horton Tower - geograph.org.uk - 4110443

    Details HORTON SU 00 NW 5/79 Horton Tower 18.3.55 II II Folly in the form of a tower, said to have been built as an 'observatory'. Probably for Humphrey Sturt. Brick, Flemish bond to main tower, heade

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    Saxonbury Tower

    East Sussex

    Saxonbury Tower near Frant - geograph.org.uk - 6759359

    Details FRANT ERIDGE PARK,ERIDGE TQ 53 SE 995-/14/10012 Saxonbury Tower II Observation tower or folly. Dated 1828 over doorcase. One of a series of follies built for the Nevill estate. Circular tower

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