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Clent Castle is a sham ruin castellated
Stafford
', East Indianman; then became the owner of The Gate House. He rebuilt the house close to the original and also had a folly built to imitate a ruined castle. He changed the name to Clent Grove" . and it has been designated by
Clent Castle is a sham ruin castellated folly
In architecture, a folly is a building constructed primarily for decoration, but suggesting through its appearance some other purpose, or of such extravagant appearance that it transcends the range of usual garden buildings.
Eighteenth-cent ...
in the grounds of Clent Grove (the site of Sunfield Children's Home
Sunfield is an Independent special school, Children's Home and charity on the border of Worcestershire and the West Midlands in England. It was founded in 1930 and now supports boys and girls, aged 6 – 19 years, with complex learning needs, ...
) that is situated opposite the Fountain Inn on Adams Hill in Clent
Clent is a village and civil parish in the Bromsgrove (district), Bromsgrove District of Worcestershire, England, southwest of Birmingham and close to the edge of the West Midlands conurbation. At the 2001 census it had a population of 2,600.
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, Worcestershire
Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire was absorbed into the unified Kingdom of England in 927, at which time it was constituted as a county (see His ...
, England. It was built in the late 18th century by Thomas Liell," round 1782Thomas Liell, who had been a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy and former Commander of the Stafford
', East Indianman; then became the owner of The Gate House. He rebuilt the house close to the original and also had a folly built to imitate a ruined castle. He changed the name to Clent Grove" . and it has been designated by
English Heritage
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as a Grade II listed building
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.
English Heritage describes the building thus:
See also
* Hagley Castle, afolly
In architecture, a folly is a building constructed primarily for decoration, but suggesting through its appearance some other purpose, or of such extravagant appearance that it transcends the range of usual garden buildings.
Eighteenth-cent ...
in Hagley Park which is visible from close to the summit of Clent Hill.
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References
* * * * *{{Citation, last=Reyburn , first=Ross , date=12 December 1998, title=Down your way: The distant days of the donkeys; Ross Reyburn visits the hamlets scattered in the Clent Hills and meets villagers. , work=Birmingham Post
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Castles in Worcestershire
Grade II listed buildings in Worcestershire
Grade II listed castles
Folly castles in England