Tattingstone Wonder
The Tattingstone Wonder is a folly at Tattingstone in Suffolk, England.
Tattingstone Folly, rear view (cottages)
Located some 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Ipswich the Tattingstone Wonder was originally two cottages. In 1790 Edward White,[lower-alpha 1] the local squire, did not like his view of the cottages from Tattingstone Place. He decided to add a third cottage and finished them to look like a church by adding a fake tower and flint façade.[2] It has become a famous Suffolk landmark.[3][4]
Tattingstone Folly, front view
References
- Notes
- English Heritage gives the name of the squire as Thomas White.[1]
- (English Heritage Staff 2015)
- (Halliday 2013)
- "Tattingstone Wonder". Geograph.org.uk. 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- (Le Vey 2005, p. 243)
- Sources
- English Heritage Staff (2015) (2015). "The Tattingstone Wonder, Tattingstone". English Heritage. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
- Le Vey, Benedict (2005). Eccentric Britain: The Bradt Guide to Britain's Follies and Foibles. Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 1841621226.
- Halliday, Robert (2013). Suffolk Strange But True. The History Press. ISBN 978-0750953337.
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