Tattingstone Folly, rear view (cottages)

The Tattingstone Wonder is a folly at Tattingstone in Suffolk, England.

Located some 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Ipswich the Tattingstone Wonder was originally two cottages. In 1790 Edward White,[lower-alpha 1] the local squire, did not like his view of the cottages from Tattingstone Place. He decided to add a third cottage and finished them to look like a church by adding a fake tower and flint façade.[2] It has become a famous Suffolk landmark.[3][4]

Tattingstone Folly, front view

References

Notes
  1. English Heritage gives the name of the squire as Thomas White.[1]
  1. (English Heritage Staff 2015)
  2. (Halliday 2013)
  3. "Tattingstone Wonder". Geograph.org.uk. 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  4. (Le Vey 2005, p. 243)
Sources

51°59′02″N 1°06′49″E / 51.9838°N 1.1137°E / 51.9838; 1.1137


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