(1) The Roundhouse
(2) Needles Eye
(3) Wentworth Woodhouse strange shot
(4) Doric Temple
(5) The Rockingham Mausoleum
(6) Kepples Column
(7) Torquay United 2 Harrogate Town 1
Nick can you tell us more about the Roundhouse as I can't find anything on google?
Some information about the others ones
Needle's Eye
Secrets of the Pyramid The Needle's Eye is the most enigmatic of the four Follies. A stone 'gateway' in the form of a pyramid, very little is known of its history save a legend that the 2nd Marquis of Rockingham built it to win a curious wager: that he could drive a coach and horses through the "eye of a needle". This may refer to the Christian Gospel saying that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. At this time, Rockingham was one of the richest men in England.
The date of its construction is usually given as between 1730 and 1782. Unsurprisingly, this period encompasses the entire lifetime of its supposed builder.
The Needle's Eye has settled by several inches on its eastern side due to mining subsidence and this makes it difficult to obtain accurate measurements. It is about 38 feet in height to the top of the urn, and has a square base measuring perhaps just short of 20 feet on each side. The width of the passageway from wall to wall is 8 feet 9 inches. Stones at each corner would make the maximum wheelbase of any carriage that could get through a couple of feet less. The height of the interior walls to the start of the arch, at just over 11 feet, is equal to the width of the base minus the width of the passageway. The highest point of the arch is 16 feet 4inches and this is exactly half the distance from the ground to the base of the urn. The stone benches set into the inner walls are about 18 inches high.
The only building a google search brings us for number three is this one, but it looks slightly bigger ;D
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wentworth_WoodhouseNow I have learned these pictures were all taken in the Woodhouse estate? is number three known as
Hoober Stand ?Rockingham Mausoleum
The Western Door The Rockingham Mausoleum was built in 1788 by William, 1st Earl Fitzwilliam as a memorial to his uncle, Charles, 2nd Marquis of Rockingham, 1730-82.
It stands in secluded private woodland and is open to the public only from 2 o'clock to 5 o'clock on Sunday afternoons between Spring and August Bank Holidays. A small charge is levied. Unlike the other Wentworth follies, it may not be viewed, even from the outside, except at these times or with special permission from:
Fitzwilliam Wentworth Amenity Trust,
Clayfield Lane, Wentworth
Rotherham, South Yorkshire S62 7TD
The Mausoleum is a magnificent structure 90 feet high and standing on a large base surrounded by four obelisks, each over half the height of the Mausoleum. It is protected by a high iron fence running around the perimeter of the base and has a gate on the west side before the Mausoleum's door. Designed by John Carr, a York architect, the work took just three years and was carried out by ten men. The building has three tiers, each with a distinctive style:
The topmost section of the Mausoleum is designed in the style of a Roman temple and consists of a cupola supported by twelve columns. Large urns stand at the four corners.
The middle section consists of four open arches covering the sarcophagus open to the elements. The sarcophagus itself is only decorative and the remains of the Marquis are interred in the Strafforde family vault in York Minster. The top of this section bears the carved inscription:
South side: THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY
East side: WILLIAM, EARL FITZWILLIAM, 1788
North side: TO THE MEMORY OF
West side: CHARLES, MARQUIS OF ROCKINGHAM
The lowest section is externally square with a door on the west side and windows on the other three sides. The inside is a circular room with a domed ceiling, supported by columns and containing four niches in which are displayed busts of eight of the Marquis's friends, including Admiral Keppel for whom Rockingham built Keppel's Column. Because of the risk that the busts might be damaged by mining subsidence, they were removed for safekeeping but have since been returned. Not removed and still inside is the life sized statue of the Marquis, exquisitely carved in white marble by the most famous British sculptor of the time, Joseph Nollekens, at a cost of £3000 - then a very considerable amount of money.
Sewing up the Legends
Although Nollekens actually lived to the ripe old age of 85, a strange legend grew up that he committed suicide when it was pointed out to him that he had omitted some of the stitching on the left foot of the Marquis's statue. Despite a more prosaic probable cause of the legend, its growth must certainly have been assisted by the the attention to detail for which Nollekens' statue is also quite
Keppel's Column is a 115-foot tower between Wentworth and Kimberworth in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England.
The column was built in the late 18th century to commemorate the acquittal of the court-martialled Admiral Augustus Keppel after the Battle of Ushant. It visibly bulges due to an entasis correction, which was rendered inappropriate when funding problems reduced the height. It was commissioned in 1778 by Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham and was designed by John Carr who was also responsible for the Wentworth Woodhouse stables and the family's Irish house at Coollattin.
The column, which has an internal spiral staircase, is located on a prominent hill on the southern extent of the Wentworth Estates. The hill is over 480ft above mean sea level and is one of the highest hills in the Borough of Rotherham, second only to the hill on which Hoober Stand is located. Hoober Stand is another historic folly and landmark on the Wentworth Estates, standing 518ft above mean sea level. Keppel's Column is closed to the public, and has been in danger of falling into disrepair for some time. It is a prominent landmark in the area and is a Grade II* listed monument. The column can be viewed at close quarters from the public footpath running from Admiral's Crest in Scholes.
