Sham Castle
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| Sham Castle | |
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| Location | Claverton Down, Somerset, England |
| History | |
| Built | 1762 |
| Site notes | |
| Architect | Sanderson Miller |
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| Designated | 1 February 1956[1] |
| Reference no. | 1312449 |
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Sham Castle is a folly on Claverton Down overlooking the city of Bath, Somerset, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.[1][2] It is a screen wall with a central pointed arch flanked by two 3-storey circular turrets, which extend sideways to a 2-storey square tower at each end of the wall.[1]
It was probably designed around 1755 by Sanderson Miller and built in 1762 by Richard James, master mason for Ralph Allen, "to improve the prospect" from Allen's town house in Bath.[3]
Sham Castle is now illuminated at night.[4]
Generic term
Other 18th-century so-called "sham castles" exist at Hagley Hall, Clent Grove, Castle Hill, Filleigh and two at Croome Court (Dunstall and Pirton castles).
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Ralph Allen's nearby Prior Park Landscape Garden is home to the Sham Bridge.[5] This structure is likewise a screen at the end of the Serpentine Lake which appears to be a bridge. Much like the Sham Castle, it dates from the mid-18th century.
Another nearby folly castle is that of Midford Castle. Sham Castle is one of three follies overlooking Bath, the others being Beckford's Tower and Browne's Folly.
In Piltown, County Kilkenny, Ireland is a partially-built monument known as 'Sham Castle'. It was intended to commemorate someone believed to have died but who later turned up during construction.
References
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- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sham Castle". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2008.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Dunning, Robert (1995). Somerset Castles. Tiverton: Somerset Books. p. 77. ISBN 0-86183-278-7.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Scott, Shane (1995). The hidden places of Somerset. Aldermaston: Travel Publishing Ltd. pp. 16–17. ISBN 1-902007-01-8.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Prior Park". Parks and Gardens Data Services Ltd. 27 July 2007. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
