The Moreton Park Mallard is a brick replica by David Mach of Britain's most famous locomotive. #Darlington #CountyDurham #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

Finsthwaite Spire baffles even us. Built around 1800 by whom and for what? #Finsthwaite #Cumbria #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

Erected 1834 to the memory of Humphrey Millet Grylls. #GryllsGate #Helston #Cornwall #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

Britannia Waives The Rules! This is officially a ship in the Royal Navy — His Majesty's Ship Drake, at #Devonport #Devon #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

Hodnet Hall Sham Ruin, erected by Brigadier Heber-Percy in 1970. #Hodnet #Shropshire #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

The Three Storey House That Might Be Five, in Edward James's folly garden at #Xilitla #Mexico #ForeignFollyFriday #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

Too much architecture for its function. The Hydraulic Tower at Wapping Dock. #Liverpool #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

The former Camera Obscura at Jersey Marine is now a Bridal Suite. #JerseyMarine #Glamorgan #Cymru #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

Sir Peter Killigrew acquired a licence to make Smithwick village a market town, so optimistically he changed its name to Pennycomequick. King Charles II felt this was too brash, so changed it to Falmouth. #KilligrewMonument #Falmouth #Cornwall #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

Sailor's Hall Tower was built in 1787 by Major George Anderson of Newcastle. #Hawthorn #CountyDurham #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

Precisely 350 miles from London, this is Scottish Clock Lodge and English Clock Lodge. The clocks are painted on. #Westruther #Borders #Scotland #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

In the late C18 mining contractor Peter Allen hollowed fifteen rooms out of the cliff of Marsden Rock and created a house, now a pub, called ‘The Grotto’. #MarsdenGrotto #Durham #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

Bishop Castle, built entirely without plans by Jim Bishop from 1969. #State165 #Colorado #USA #ForeignFollyFriday #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

Designed by Giacomo Leoni in 1735, the Octagon was later converted into a chapel and mausoleum for the Astors. #Cliveden #Buckinghamshire #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

The splendid Prideaux Place Grotto lives alongside a Shell Grotto and a 1738 temple. #Padstow #Cornwall #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

The MacGregor Oak, or Lanrick Tree, the only sham tree we have discovered in our travels. #Lanrick #Tayside #Scotland #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

A memorial to Scott, the Arctic explorer. In shape it is a lighthouse, but there is no light, never has been, and in function it is a clocktower. #ScottMemorial #Cardiff #Cymru #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

Built in 1835 by George Head Head of Rickerby House. #Stanwix #Cumbria #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

One of the greatest replicas of the 2,000 year old Temple of the Winds in Athens. #Shugborough #Staffordhire #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

The Gloriette at Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna. The finest eyecatcher arch in the world. #Vienna #Austria #ForeignFollyFriday #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

The 1997 Sun Temple's dome is pinpricked to provide the effect of a celestial panoply by day. #ChesterLeStreet #Durham #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

Bleak and isolated, Tawstock Tower is often on the market. #Devon #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

The Riddle Cone isn't a puzzle; it commemorates the poet Henry Scot Riddell. #Teviothead #Roxburghshire #Scotland #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

The Ernest Burton Monument, built by his son Uriah using slave labour in the 1960s. #Trewern #Powys #Cymru #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

The Mausoleum at West Wycombe was built for £500 by John Bastard. #Buckinghamshire #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

The Candlestick is an over-fanciful chimney vent from a mine, based on the design of the mine owner’s dining room candlesticks. #Whitehaven #Cumbria #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

Sham Chapel, Trujillo. An electricity sub-station masquerading as a chapel. #Trujillo #Extremadura #Spain #ForeignFollyFriday #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

The Old Watch Tower and Jail. According to TripAdvisor seeing this is No.4 out of 8 things to do in #Nefyn #Gwynedd #Cymru #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

A (sort of) ruined arch by Robert Adam at #CulzeanCastle #Ayrshire #Scotland #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

Cally Palace is now a golfing hotel but we can forgive that as they have this cracking Gothic Temple. #GatehouseOfFleet #Dumfries #Scotland #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk