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Folly, view from South East
SC 564988
Description Folly, view from South East
Date 24/2/1998
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 564988
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of D 30017 CN
Scope and Content The Folly in the garden of Bella Vista, No 64 The Causeway, Duddingston, Edinburgh Bella Vista, an unusual house built in 1801, stands in a large wooded garden on the hill on the north side of The Causeway. The house was enlarged in 1875 when some interesting Victorian curiosities were built in the garden. This Victorian folly, an octagonal battlemented pavilion, stands in the garden to the west of the house. It has arched windows on the upper floor, and a south-facing doorway formed in a shell-headed niche. A folly was usually a tower or Classical ruin in a landscaped park, intended to enhance the view or add to the picturesque effect. It was a costly but useless structure built to satisfy a whim of its owner, and hence thought to 'show his folly'. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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