Tattingstone Wonder

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Tattingstone Folly, rear view (cottages)

The Tattingstone Wonder is a folly at Tattingstone in Suffolk, England.

Located some 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Ipswich the Tattingstone Wonder was originally two cottages. In 1790 Edward White, [lower-alpha 1] the local squire, did not like his view of the cottages from Tattingstone Place. He decided to add a third cottage and finished them to look like a church by adding a fake tower and flint façade. [2] It has become a famous Suffolk landmark. [3] [ failed verification ] [4]

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Tattingstone Folly, front view

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Notes
  1. English Heritage gives the name of the squire as Thomas White. [1]
  1. (English Heritage Staff 2015)
  2. ( Halliday 2013 )
  3. "Tattingstone Wonder". Geograph.org.uk. 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  4. ( Le Vey 2005 , p. 243)
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