Lord Berner’s Folly
Lord Berner’s Folly is a tower in Faringdon, Vale of White Horse District, England. Lord Berner’s Folly is situated nearby to the forest Faringdon Clump, as well as near the peak Folly Hill.Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Tower
- Description: building in Great Faringdon, Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Faringdon Folly”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Old Town Hall and Corn Exchange.
Old Town Hall
Public building
Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Old Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Place in Faringdon, Oxfordshire, England. The building, which is used as an exhibitions and events venue, is a Grade II* listed building. Old Town Hall is situated 2,800 feet west of Lord Berner’s Folly.
Corn Exchange
Public building
Photo: Jon S, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Corn Exchange is a commercial building in Gloucester Street in Faringdon, Oxfordshire, England. The structure, which is currently used as a community events venue, is a Grade II listed building. Corn Exchange is situated 3,100 feet west of Lord Berner’s Folly.
Faringdon House
Manor estate
Faringdon House is a Grade I listed 14,510 square feet house in Faringdon, Oxfordshire, England. It was built in about 1770–1785 for the Poet Laureate Sir Henry James Pye. Faringdon House is situated 3,200 feet west of Lord Berner’s Folly.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Littleworth and Little Coxwell.
Littleworth
Village
Photo: andrew auger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Littleworth is a small village and civil parish off the A420, almost 2 miles northeast of Faringdon. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire.
Little Coxwell
Village
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Little Coxwell is a village and civil parish in South East England, about 1.5 miles south of Faringdon and 0.8 miles east of Great Coxwell. Little Coxwell was part of Berkshire until the 1974 local government boundary changes transferred the Vale of White Horse to Oxfordshire. Little Coxwell is situated 1½ miles southwest of Lord Berner’s Folly.
Shellingford
Village
Photo: andrew auger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shellingford, historically also spelt Shillingford, is a village and civil parish about 2+1⁄2 miles southeast of Faringdon in the Vale of White Horse in Oxfordshire, England. Shellingford is situated 2 miles southeast of Lord Berner’s Folly.
Lord Berner’s Folly
- Categories: building and historic site
- Location: Faringdon, Vale of White Horse District, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.65889° or 51° 39′ 32″ northLongitude
-1.57147° or 1° 34′ 17″ westInception
1935Height
104 feet (32 metres)Open location code
9C3WMC5H+HCOpenStreetMap ID
way 556971744OpenStreetMap feature
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historic=follyOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerWikidata ID
Q26300583
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