Beckford's Tower, originally known as Lansdown Tower, is an architectural folly built in neo-classical style on Lansdown Hill, just outside Bath, Somerset, England. The tower and its attached railings
Beckford's Tower with part of the surrounding cemetery
William Thomas Beckford (1760–1844)
A chromolith by Willis Maddox of the Crimson Drawing Room at Beckford's Tower. First published in English's Views of Lansdown Tower (1844)
Bath and North East Somerset is a unitary authority created on 1 April 1996, following the abolition of the county of Avon, which had existed since 1974. Part of the ceremonial county of Somerset, Bat