Introduction
The Quinta, a house of 1850-1860, was surrounded in the 1870s by shrubberies and a park. In the park was a pool with a boathouse, a lodge, and in its north-eastern part, a folly in the form of a stone circle patterned after Stonehenge.
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- History
Period
Victorian (1837-1901)
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Features
- Folly
- Description: In the northeastern part of the park at The Quinta, there is a folly in the shape of a stone circle. The folly is similar in plan to Stonehenge, at half scale, with an outer circle of orthostats surmounted by a continuous curving lintel. These enclose an inner U-shaped arrangement of trilithons, some paired. In 1851 the folly was said to have been erected about ten years previously 'in the exact form of the celebrated druidical temple at Stonehenge,' although it appears that the replica is far from precise. The builder has been identified as a Major West.
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- Country House (featured building)
- Description: The Quinta is a lavish, though not very large house, built in the neo-Gothic style.
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- Hunting Lodge
- Description: In 1851 there was a lodge in the park at The Quinta.
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- Boat House
- Description: In 1851 there was a boathouse in the park at The Quinta.
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- Key Information
Type
Park
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Period
Victorian (1837-1901)
Survival
Part: standing remains
Hectares
20
Civil Parish
Weston Rhyn
- References
References
- Newman, J. and Pevsner, N. {The Buildings of England: Shropshire}, (London: Yale University Press, 2006) The Buildings of England: Shropshire
- Bagshaw, S. {History, gazetteer, and directory of Shropshire; comprising a general survey of the county, etc}, (Sheffield, 1851): 161. History, gazetteer, and directory of Shropshire; comprising a general survey of the county, etc
- Stamper, P.A. {Historic Parks and Gardens of Shropshire}, (Shrewsbury: Shropshire, 1996): 87, 92. Historic Parks and Gardens of Shropshire
- Headley, G. and Meulenkamp, W. {Follies: A National Trust Guide}, (London: Jonathan Cape, 1986): 191. Follies: A National Trust Guide.