View of the Gothic Arch Folly in Belvedere House The Gothic Arch Folly in Belvedere House is quite a structure, built as an art piece to be viewed upon from vantage points in the big house c.1760, and not as you would initially think - that it was ruins of some medieval castle.
"In Georgian times the inclusion of such follies as part of the overall improvements to the landscape were to provide subjects for melancholic contemplation of the triumph of civilisation over barbarity" - Belvedere House website
For more pics from me recent trip to Belvedere see here
For more information on the Gothic Arch Folly, see this piece on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage Gothic Arch Folly in Belvedere
"In Georgian times the inclusion of such follies as part of the overall improvements to the landscape were to provide subjects for melancholic contemplation of the triumph of civilisation over barbarity" - Belvedere House website
For more pics from me recent trip to Belvedere see here
For more information on the Gothic Arch Folly, see this piece on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage Gothic Arch Folly in Belvedere
 View from the front of the Gothic Arch Folly in Belvedere |  View towards the Gothic Arch folly in Belvedere |
Standing within the Gothic Arch Folly in Belvedere
