Mrs Peters' Tower was built by Mr Peters to show how good his wife was to the poor. #Lympstone #Devon #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

Temple of Apollo at Lednice-Valtice #Czechia #FollyFellowship #ForeignFollyFriday #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

Luttrell's Tower, a genuine smuggler's look-out. #Calshot #Hampshire #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

Built as a menagerie, The Jungle at Eagle. #Lincolnshire #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

Sutherland Obelisk — The Mannie (the Duke of Sutherland) wasn't loved in Shropshire either. #Lilleshall #Shropshire #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

The Mannie — the statue of the deeply unloved Duke of Sutherland on #BenBhraggie #Golspie #Scotland #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

Built 2009, the tallest English folly for 100 years. #LarmerTreeGardens #TollardRoyal #Wiltshire #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

A spa house for a failed spa. Sad. #Nottington #Dorset #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

It used to be a decent restaurant. Now it's just a museum and you probably can't climb the tower any more. #ElCaprichoDeGaudi #Comillas #Spain #FollyFellowship #ForeignFollyFriday #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

All the necessary folly elements: round arched entrance, cruciform arrowslits, pointed windows and an oeil de boeuf. #ModitonhamDovecote #Bude #Cornwall #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

Wonderful landlocked location for a monument to Nelson. #BirchenEdge #Derbyshire #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

A beautiful C19 castle, but they forgot the bedrooms. #CastellCoch #Tongwynlais #Cymru #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

More a shell house than a grotto, like a sliced Smartie tube. #Tapeley #Devon #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

Originally John Foulston's Egyptian Library of 1823, now the Odd Fellows Hall. #Devonport #Devon #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

The spire of St Bride's Church in the City of London gracefully retired to Remenham in 1837. #Remenham #Berkshire #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

Yes of course it's a boiler house! What else would it be? #Heizhaus #RudolfSteiner #Dornach #Switzerland #FollyFellowship #ForeignFollyFriday #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

Rockhall Cottage, now called the Don Whillans Hut, built into the rock at The Roaches. #Leek #Staffordshire #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

Brilliant idea: Powderham Belvedere has a retractable flagpole to obviate high winds. #Powderham #Devon #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

Either a memorial to the Portquin shipwreck or a place for Samuel Symons to drink himself to death. #DoydenPointTower #Portquin #Cornwall #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

The Granville Monument in Stratton commemorates a 1643 Civil War battle. #GranvilleMonument #Stratton #Cornwall #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

Queen Anne's Summerhouse, built 166 years after she died. #OldWarden #Bedfordshire #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

Happy Saint Valentine's Day! The Taj Mahal of Wales: built to relieve a mind sincerely afflicted by the loss of a most excellent wife. #ClythaCastle #Llangattock #Cymru #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

The Green Cathedral at Almere; Notre-Dame de Reims, recreated in poplars. #GreenCathedral #Almere #Netherlands #FollyFellowship #ForeignFollyFriday #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

Fort Putnam, named for General Israel Putnam, American commander at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Many Brits supported American independence. #Greystoke #Cumbria #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

Marked on the Ordnance Survey map as 'Folly', so who are we to disagree? #Rainow #Cheshire #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

Hard to miss on the central reservation of the A54, and many cars & lorries haven't. #TolboothTower #Sandiway #Cheshire #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

Solomon's Temple on Grin Low, built by publican Solomon Mycock. #Buxton #Derbyshire #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

Take a nice cup of tea to the Reform Tower, built to celebrate Earl Grey's 1832 Reform Bill. #StantonMoor #Derbyshire #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

The earliest shell house in Britain, built 1620 by Isaac de Caus. #WoburnAbbey #Bedfordshire #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

It's a tower, but where was the architect? #LeRocher #Attre #Belgium #FollyFellowship #ForeignFollyFriday #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk