Architects who have designed Follies and their work

This post will deal with the elaboration of some Architects and the follies they designed in hopes to be inspired by their works.  

James Gibbs:

A famous Scothish born Architect who did major works through out England with a mix of styles such as Baroque style and English Palladian. He was highly proficient in both styles gaining an upper hand from his studies in Rome under Carlo Fontana in the Baroque style and would later make a slight bend towards the Palladian approach and Baroque begun falling out of style.

This temple Folly designed by James Gibbs was done in a Baroque/Gothic style dating from the 1740's. The temple was done in dark ironstone, it sits atop Hawkwell field and its main purpose was to give visitors a view of the garden. The building is triangular, 2 storeys at 2 angles with stone doom turrets, and a 3 tower at on angle. Historic England expounds that 'each side has shallow gable divided into three bays to attached columns of a gothicised doric order with pointed arches between. The two central columns are crowned with pinnacles, flanking a central roundel with quatre-foil. First floor windows are traceried with quatre-foils in the centre. Ground floor openings have gothic panelled spandrels. Each arch contains a pointed arched window recess, some blank, others with quatrefoil opening at the head.'

John Belcher:

John Belcher was a Victorian Edwardian Architect who was famously know for his Edwardian/Baroque style of designing. He made frequent use of sculpture in his designs favoring a unity of sculpture with Architecture he had a fancy for Portland stone and is responsible for a significant portion of new sculptures of that era. He would also combine red brick or terracotta in his works, and used a variety of architectural styles.

Built by Baron Ashton as a tribute to his late wife between 1907-1909 by Architect John Belcher. Standing at 150 feet high the Folly/Mausoleum was done in Edwardian Baroque style in Portland stone with the steps made of Cornish granite and the dome roof from copper. The interior consists of 2 domed chambers with stairs leading to balconies adorned with frescoes and sculptures.

Sir William Chambers: 

Sir William Chambers a Swedish born Architect and a founding member of the Royal Academy. He traveled to Bengal and China twice where he had time to study Math and making personal illustrations of the local building he saw there.  returning to Europe he studied Architecture Paris and Italy before returning to England to build his own Architectural practice in 1755. He would publish a book on Chinese buliding designs, dresses and furniture, showing a personal study from his encounters there. He would work on the Prince's mother, Queen Augusta's garden at her house in Kew, creating a 10 Storey Great Pagoda which provided one of the first birds eye views in London. 

This Pagoda, 10 Storeys in height was done in the Chinoisere style by Architect Sir William Chambers. It features many Chinese motifs such as eaves and 80 wooden dragons adorning every side of an octagonal eave, with a view from each storey. 

Designed by Sir William Chambers, this pineapple Folly was built by the Earl of Dunmore as a summer house for leisure of appreciating views of his estate, in 1971. Pineapples were among Scotland's most exotic fruits. A large array of vegetables and eccentric fruits once grew in the immense glasshouses and pineapple pits in the pineapple's walled garden. it has now become an oasis for wildlife. 

Reference list:

Britannica, (2021), James Gibbs Scottish Architect.
Available at:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-Gibbs-Scottish-architect 
(Accessed: 15th September 2021). 

Historic England, (n.d.), The Gothic Temple. 
Available at:
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1211945 
(Accessed: 15th September 2021). 

National Trust, (n.d.), James Gibbs. 
Available at:
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/stowe/profiles/james-gibbs 
(Accessed: 15th September 2021). 

Speel, (2014), John Belcher RA, FRIBA (1841-1913). 
Available at:
http://www.speel.me.uk/arch/belcher.htm 

(Accessed: 15th September 2021). 

The guide to Cheshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire and the Wirral, (n.d.), Ashton Memorial. 
Available at:
http://www.cheshirenow.co.uk/ashton_memorial.html 
(Accessed: 15th September 2021). 

Lancaster, (n.d.), The Ashton Memorial. 
Available at:
https://www.lancaster.gov.uk/sites/williamson-park/ashton-memorial 
(Accessed: 15th September 2021). 

Royal Academy, (n.d.), Sir William Chambers RA, (1723-1796).
Avialable at:
https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/william-chambers-ra 

(Accessed: 15th September 2021). 

Royal Batonic Gardens Kew, (n.d.), Great Pagoda. 
Available at:
https://www.kew.org/kew-gardens/whats-in-the-gardens/the-great-pagoda 

(Accessed: 15th September 2021). 

Scotland Alba, (n.d.), The Pinaapple. 
Available at:
https://www.visitscotland.com/info/see-do/the-pineapple-p254611 

(Accessed: 15th September 2021). 

Picture reference:

Royal Academy, (n.d.), Frame for John Belcher's Record drawing of Ashton Memorial, Lancaster, Lancashire: front elevation.
Available at:
https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/frame-for-john-belchers-record-drawing-of-ashton-memorial-lancaster 
(Accessed: 15th September 2021). 

Art UK, (n.d.), Ashton Memorial. 
Available at:
https://artuk.org/visit/venues/ashton-memorial-6210 
(Accessed: 15th September 2021). 

Engstorm. T, (2015), Dragons To Return To The Great Pagoda At Kew Gardens.
Available at:
https://www.guidelondon.org.uk/blog/around-london/dragons-to-return-to-the-great-pagoda-at-kew-gardens-after-200-year-hunt/ 
(Accessed: 15th September 2021). 

Taylor. R, (2020), Architectural Follies.
Available at:

https://owlcation.com/humanities/Architectural-Follies 

(Accessed: 15th september 2021). 

Keller. H, (2017), The lovely whimsicality of architectural Follies.

Available at:

https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/caleb-anderson-royal-oak-architectural-follies 

(Accessed: 13th September 2021).