Barwick, Somerset
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Barwick is a village and parish in Somerset, England, about 2 miles south of Yeovil and on the border with Dorset. The parish, which includes the village of Stoford, has a population of 1,221.
John and Grace Newman (Thomas Beach, 1768)
Jack the Treacle Eater, one of the Barwick follies
The Cone
Jack the Treacle Eater
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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
Barwick, Somerset
…house was set in pleasure grounds containing a lake and grotto, while the surrounding parkland was ornamented with a Gothic lodge and a group of four follies. In the early 19th century the estate passed to Thomas Messiter, a barrister, who was John Newman's nephew and in 1830 the mansion was remodelled in a…
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