Fonthill Abbey
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Destruction date | 1825 |
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Height | 9000 (cm) |
Opened | 1822 |
Architectural styles | Gothic Revival architecture |
Destroyed by | Structural failure |
Architects | James Wyatt |
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ID | 2125641 |
About Fonthill Abbey
Fonthill Abbey—also known as Beckford's Folly—was a large Gothic revival country house built between 1796 and 1813 at Fonthill Gifford in Wiltshire, England, at the direction of William Thomas Beckford and architect James Wyatt.