Old Mill Lane

Old Mill Lane

Sunday 7 March 2021

Follies

 A recent muddy walk took me past some of Wentworth Woodhouse's follies.

https://wentworthestate.co.uk/visiting/monuments-follies/


























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Near the Needle's Eye is a plague stone where coins were left in vinegar so that merchants bringing food to a quarantined village could be paid but would not be infected.



























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Sheffield's Canal Wharf is an uneasy mixture of styles.



















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And the remains of an unusual, variable height barn near Holdsworth.



















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