British Follies
A study of follies in the gardens of Stourhead, Stowe and Castle Howard
Yale School of Architecture
History of British Landscape Architecture
Professor Bryan Fuermann
2020
STOURHEAD
bristol
cross
temple of
flora
temple of
apollo
obelisk
These three 18th century English gardens are sequenced and structured by their “follies,” buildings intended primarily for decoration or veneration - using architecture for the purpose of embellishing a landscape, demonstrating wealth and sparking wonder.
