The Follies Journal

In 2001, the Folly Fellowship launched The Follies Journal: The International Journal for Follies, Grottoes, and Garden Buildings, published annually in November. Whereas our magazine, Follies, (published in February, May and August), focuses mainly on news, events, and short articles, the journal adopts a rather more scholarly approach, and aims to publish more substantive articles that cover all aspects of follies, grottoes, and garden buildings, including:

  • historical research
  • accounts of contemporary building design and construction, and restoration projects
  • issues relating to preservation, conservation, restoration, and alteration
  • well-reasoned opinion (even polemic)
  • inspirational musings

We welcome contributions to The Follies Journal, from both new and established authors. If you have not already seen the journal, and would like to contribute an article, please contact one of the editors, who will send you a copy. We would be pleased to hear from potential authors to discuss your ideas – contact details below. Further guidance for authors are available here

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Copies of The Follies Journal can be purchased individually: recent issues are £12 each including postage and packaging.
Early issues: price on request.

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Journal no7

The 2007 issue of The Follies Journal (Number 7) is now ready - it includes:

TAKING GREAT NOTICE: DOROTHY RICHARDSON'S ACCOUNT OF ORNAMENTAL BUILDINGS ON THE BOYNTON ESTATE, EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE - Karen Lynch

CERAMIC FOLLIES - Hans van Lemmen

BURTON PYNSENT, SOMERSET: BROWN’S COLUMN AND THE LANDSCAPE OF WILLIAM AND HESTER PITT - Nick Owen

FOLLIES OF DISSENT AND OMISSION: MONUMENTAL REFLECTIONS ON THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE - Patrick Eyres

RICHARD HILL’S ‘RUSTIC PORTAL’: HAWKSTONE HALL, SHROPSHIRE, 1726−27
Dianne Barre

 

 

BACK ISSUES INDEX

Number 5  Winter 2005


A FOLLY FROM THE BRUSH OF A FOLLY BUILDER
Timothy Mowl & Philip White

VISIT BRITAIN'S LANDMARKS: FOLLIES ON SHELL ADVERTISING POSTERS IN THE 1930S
Karen Lynch

WROXTON ABBEY, OXFORDSHIRE: AN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ESTATE
Michael G Cousins

Number 6  Winter 2007

jOURNAL 6

SIR JOHN BETJEMAN 1906–1984: A CENTENARY TRIBUTE
Ann Tout and Susan Kellerman

‘THE FOLLY TO END ALL FOLLIES?’ THE ASHTON MEMORIAL, LANCASTER
Andrew White

OATLANDS GROTTO REVISITED
Michael Symes

‘THE WATCHER ON THE COLUMN’: THE PRINCE’S COLUMN AT STOWE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
Michael Bevington

THE COLUMN, GIBSIDE, COUNTY DURHAM
Harry Beamish and Karen Lynch

 

Number 3 Winter 2003

LANDSCAPE JEWELLERY
Philip Knowling

A HERMIT FOR CADLAND? 'the soner the better'
Nigel Temple

SOLITUDE : THE HERMIT PROJECT
Anna Douglas

FOLLY
Ansuman Biswas

STOURHEAD REVISITED
Richard Higgs

A FANTASY LAND, OR THE SOUL OF THE CITY?
THE NEK CHNAD ROCK GARDEN, CHANDIGARAH, INDIA
Garance Rawinsky

BOOK REVIEW
Patrick Eyres


Number 4  Winter 2004

PTOLEMY'S ARCH, TOMBOY HILL, ANTONY,CORNWALL
Ptolemy Dean

ST ANNE'S HILL: THE TUSCULUM OF CHARLES JAMES FOX
Michael Symes

RUINOUS BY NATURE: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE GROOTO AT CROOME
Rob Woodside

THE GREENHOUSE AND BAGNIO AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GARDEN
THE WATER TOWER, CARSHOLTON, SURREY
Jean Irvine Knight

URBAN LANDSCAPE JEWELLERY
Peter Hirschmann

DESIGN AND FALL
Richard Craven

Number 1   Winter 2001

HATCHFORD PARK AND THE TEMPLE OF SLEEP
Andrew Plumridge

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONSALL HALL GARDENS
William Podmore

TWO 'LOST' BUILDINGS
Elizabeth Johnson

BATH HOUSES; AN INTRODUCTION
Susan Kellerman

THE WALTON BATH HOUSE, WARWICKSHIRE
William Hawkes

THE BATH HOUSE, WHARFEDALE LAWN, WETHERBY, WEST YORKSHIRE
Peter H. Thornborrow

NORTH FRITH: BATHING CABINS AND OTHER FOLLIES
Vernon Gibberd

GIPTON SPA, LEEDS
Karen Lynch

BATH HOUSES: GAZETTEER
Susan Kellerman

Number 2  Winter 2002

THE FOLLY OF FOLLIES! OR WHAT'S IN A WORD?
Patrick Eyres

PYRAMIDS AND MAUSOLEAN POMP: THE FOLLY OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY MAUSOLEA
Samantha Matthews

THE TEMPLE, HAREWOOD HOUSE
Karen Lynch and Susan Kellerman

A NEO-CLASSICAL PLUNGE AT STON EASTON PARK, SOMERSET
Oliver Bradbury

HARTWELL: A LOST FORMAL GARDEN, A CLASSICAL IDYLL - AND A MYTH DISPELLED
Eric Throssell

WIDCOMBE MANOR: A TOUR ROUND 'THE GOLDEN HOUSE'
Jonathon Holt

THE GARDEN BUILDINGS AT EVILLE HALL, STAFFORDSHIRE
Michael Cousins

BATH HOUSE GAZETTEER: UPDATE
Susan Kellerman