Sham Castle, seen from the north-east

Date:
1900 - 1960
Location:
Sham Castle, Golf Course Road, Bathampton, Bath and North East Somerset
Reference:
LON01/01/AV/014
Type:
Photograph (Print)
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Description

Sham Castle is a folly, built for Ralph Allen in 1762 on Claverton Down, purportedly to improve the view from Allen's town house in Bath.

Content

This is part of the Sub Series: LON01/01/AV George Long photographic images - Avon; within the Series: LON01/01 George Long photographic images; within the Collection: LON01 George R Long Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Long, George R

Keywords

Georgian Folly