Massey's Folly was built by Thomas Hacket Massey who served as rector in
Farringdon village in
Hampshire
Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English citi ...
for 62 years.
The
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 ...
took thirty years to build.
The reason the construction was so protracted was that the folly was entirely built by Massey along with a single bricklayer.
Further delays were due to Massey occasionally demolishing completed parts of the structure and making further additions.
It has seventeen bedrooms and two towers. Its purpose is unknown but since 1925 it has been used as a school and village hall. Massey is buried just outside the church porch.
["A Field Guide to the English Clergy' Butler-Gallie, F p16: London, Oneworld Publications, 2018 ]
The folly featured on the
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's ''
Restoration Village'' programme. It is now in receipt of
National Lottery Heritage Funding.
References
* David Hancock ''AA 50 walks in Hampshire and Isle of Wight'' 2001;
External links
Farringdon village ''Massey's Folly''BBC Restoration Village programme
Folly buildings in England
Buildings and structures in Hampshire
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