Sorrelsykes Follies

If you were a bit of a show off and had some spare cash to throw around, then back in the day you would have built a folly on your grounds. A folly tended to be a building that had no real purpose other that to say you have one. But if you really wanted to brandish your wealth to your neighbours, then why not build three!

Sitting on a small ridge behind the Sorrelsykes House, near Aysgarth are three curious follies. The first looks rather like a large rocket ship and as such has acquired that as a nickname. Built around 1860 it actually has a small room inside.

Next door we have a small stone arch of two cylinders with a little roof.

Further along the Pepper Pot which was built around 1921 and actually had the functional use for curing bacon!

If you can get dropped off, then there is gate along the road to West Burton with a permissive path to the follies. If not, then you can park your car in West Burton and head along a longer permissive path.

Please note the footpath runs along the bottom of the ridge, so please be respectful if you head up to the follies.

For more information and photos and head over to our friends at The Folly Flaneuse.