Towers old and new
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Towers old and new by Graham Hogg as part of the Geograph project.
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Towers old and new
Image: © Graham Hogg Taken: 18 Jan 2012
The old tower is Hoyland Lowe Stand, an 18th century folly built for Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham, and likely originally intended as a hunting lodge and tower. The stand is a Grade II listed building but is in a fairly advanced state of decay.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.503995
Longitude
-1.454038