Date:April 2019
Description:This folly was constructed by William Podmore OBE at the edge of Laund Pool in Consall Hall Gardens around 1960. When he inherited the Consall Hall estate in 1958, William Podmore OBE (1917-2018) Jr set about expanding the gardesn to their current size of over 70 acres, disguising a former industrial landscape with dams, ponds and tree planting. He also introduced a number of follies and monuments to the landscape.
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Consall Hall dates from around 1810 and was remodelled in the 1880s. In 1918 it was acquired by William ...
A view across the gardens looking from the Hall terrace down the valley towards the River Churnet. ...
This folly was constructed by William Podmore OBE at the edge of Laund Pool in Consall Hall Gardens ...
In 1766, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, fleeing persecution in France and Geneva, was offered refuge in England ...
The plaque situated next to the doorway on Rousseu's Cave. In 1766, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, fleeing ...
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Donor ref:(37/39166)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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