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Forbidden Corner

The Forbidden Corner is a folly garden located in the Tupgill Park Estate, at Coverham in Coverdale, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, England. It is open to the public. The folly garden is designed as a maze, with tunnels, grottoes, and novelty sculptures. The Folly Fellowship, a charity, voted it the best European folly from the 20th century. First part of a private garden built in the 1980s, it was opened to the public in 1997 with an entrance fee. The gardens grew and by 2000 were widely visited and employed 25 people. There were concerns from planners at the National Park that the garden did not align with the aims of the park, and that the number of cars coming to visit was causing pollution. However, the park stayed open. History It was built in the 1980s by the owner of Tupgill Park, Colin Armstrong, with architect Malcolm Tempest, as a private pleasure garden. The Armstrongs had been living at the estate since the Victorian era. Colin Armstrong is a British Consul based in Guayaquil in South America. It is based in the walled gardens of the 1,500 acres (600 ha) estate. The garden was opened to the public in 1997, with a £4.50 entrance fee. However, planning permission for public use of the garden was not obtained at the time. As of 2000, the gardens were visited by 80,000 people, and employed around 25 people. Retrospective planning permission for the park was rejected in 2000. The National Park's planners raised concerns about the environmental impact and pollution of the large number of cars entering the Park to visit the garden, and that the garden did not agree with the aims of a national park. A petition to keep the park open was signed by 10,000 people. An enforcement order to remove the structures and close the site to the public was overturned on appeal in 2000, on condition of restricting the number of visitors entering the site to 120 per hour. Garden The garden features statues, sculptures, towers, tunnels, a labyrinth (with revolving floor), a 12-foot (3.7 m) conifer dog's head, a 20-foot (6.1 m) oak green man, water fountains, as well as grottoes. It also has a café and gift shop. It covers 4 acres (1.6 ha). It is set out as a maze, and visitors are given a checklist of things to find on their visit. A brass rubbing sheet is also available to complete, with 15 plaques hidden around the attraction. The garden was voted the best European folly of the 20th century by the Folly Fellowship and best children's attraction in Yorkshire. It was rated as one of the top 10 follies by Huffington Post. Admission is by tickets pre-purchased online or pre-booked from an office in Middleham. As of 2024, the price for adults is £17.60, seniors £16.50, children £15.60 and a family (two adults and two children) £60. References
Forcett Hall

Forcett Hall ist ein Landhaus im Dorf Forcett, etwa 10 km westlich von Darlington im englischen Verwaltungsbezirk North Yorkshire. English Heritage hat es als historisches Bauwerk I. Grades gelistet. Forcett Hall war ursprünglich ein Haus im elisabethanischen Stil, das 1710 von William Benson verändert wurde. Nach einem Brand 1726 wurde es 1740 vom Architekten Daniel Garrett im palladianistischen Stil umgestaltet. Das Gebäude hat drei Geschosse und ein Kellergeschoss, vier Hauptempfangsräume, 15 Schlafzimmer und einen selbständigen Ostflügel mit weiteren drei Schlafräumen. Die Zufahrt besteht aus einer bogenüberspannten Auffahrt mit vier römisch-dorischen Säulen und einem dorischen Fries. In der Nähe liegen die nördliche und die südliche Lodge, beide historische Bauwerke II. Grades. Das Landhaus steht in einem 85 Hektar großen Park, der verschiedene historische Gebäude enthält, z. B. eine Grotte mit Eishaus und Berg, einen Wildgarten, das Stanwick-Oppidum aus der späten Eisenzeit und eine Sammlung von alten und seltenen Bäumen, einschließlich eine der größten und ältesten Zedern des Landes. Der Park wurde von English Heritage ins Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest aufgenommen. Geschichte Forcett Hall war seit 1582 in Besitz der Familie Shuttleworth aus Gawthorpe Hall in Lancashire. 1740 ließ Richard Shuttleworth das Landhaus umbauen und zog mit seiner Familie von Gawthorpe Hall hierhin um. Nach seinem Tod fiel das Anwesen an seinen Sohn James Shuttleworth, der wie sein Vater Parlamentsabgeordneter für Preston und Lancashire war, ebenso wie 1760–1761 High Sheriff of Yorkshire. James’ Sohn Robert Shuttleworth erbte das Landhaus nach dem Tod seines Vaters 1773, verkaufte es aber 1785. Sein Sohn Robert Shuttleworth wohnte dann wieder in Gawthorpe Hall. Robert Shuttleworth verpachtete das Landhaus an Algernon Percy, 1. Earl of Beverley. Der Pachtvertrag lief nach dem Verkauf des Anwesens 1785 an Frances Mitchell und ihren Sohn Charles Mitchell weiter. Bis 1938 wurde Forcett Hall in der Familie Mitchell weitervererbt. Dann wurde sie an Lieutenant Colonel Hardress Waller verkauft. Seine Familie ist heute noch Besitzer. Seit 1938 wohnt die Familie Heathcote in dem Landhaus. Heute wird es von James und Alison Hesthcote verwaltet, die es für private und Firmenveranstaltungen vermieten. 2011 wurde das Anwesen erneut zum Verkauf angeboten, diesmal für £ 5,5 Mio. Einzelnachweise
Forcett Hall

Forcett Hall est une maison de campagne anglaise dans le village de Forcett, North Yorkshire, Angleterre, à environ 6,5 milles (10 km) à l'ouest de Darlington. C'est un bâtiment classé Grade I. Histoire Forcett appartient à la famille Shuttleworth de Gawthorpe Hall, Lancashire depuis 1582. Forcett Hall est à l'origine une maison élisabéthaine, modifiée en 1710 par William Benson (architecte). Après un incendie en 1726, elle est considérablement repensée en 1740 dans le style palladien par l'architecte Daniel Garrett sous Richard Shuttleworth, député, quittant le siège familial de Gawthorpe pour y emménager. Il passe à son fils James, député de Preston et du Lancashire et haut shérif du Yorkshire de 1760 à 1761. Le fils de James, Robert, hérite de la propriété à la mort de son père en 1773, mais la vend en 1784 . Son fils Robert revient vivre à Gawthorpe. Robert loue Forcett Hall à Algernon Percy (1er comte de Beverley), qui reste lorsque Robert Shuttleworth vend le domaine de Forcett Hall en 1785 à Frances Michell et son fils, Charles Michell. Forcett Hall reste dans la famille jusqu'en 1938, date à laquelle il est acheté par le lieutenant-colonel Hardress Waller. Il sert de maison familiale à la famille Heathcote de 1938 à 2020, gérée par James et Alison Heathcote, qui accueillent des événements spéciaux et d'entreprise . En 2011, la propriété est mise sur le marché avec un prix demandé de 5,5 millions de livres sterling. La maison figure en 2016 dans la série Channel 4 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners . En 2021, la maison est acquise par le promoteur immobilier Karen Stephenson. Architecture Le bâtiment de 12 583 pieds carrés (1 168,99895232 m2) a trois étages et un sous-sol avec quatre pièces de réception principales, 15 chambres et une aile est indépendante avec trois autres chambres. On y accède par une chaussée voûtée avec quatre colonnes doriques romaines et une frise dorique. A proximité se trouvent des lodges nord et sud classés Grade II. Elle est entourée d'un parc de 85 hectares qui contient plusieurs bâtiments classés, dont une grotte incorporant une glacière et un mont, un jardin sauvage, l'oppidum de l'âge du fer de Stanwick et une grande collection d'arbres anciens et rares, dont l'un des plus grands cèdres à la campagne. Le parc est inscrit au registre du patrimoine anglais des parcs et jardins historiques d'intérêt historique particulier . Le pigeonnier est un bâtiment classé Grade II de 1740, conçu par Garnett. Références (en) Cet article est partiellement ou en totalité issu de l’article de Wikipédia en anglais intitulé « Forcett Hall » (voir la liste des auteurs). Liens externes Ressource relative à l'architecture : National Heritage List for England Portail du Yorkshire Portail des monuments classés au Royaume-Uni
Ford's Hospital

Ford's Hospital, Coventry, traditionally known as Grey Friars Hospital, is a grade I listed 16th century half-timbered almshouse in Greyfriars Lane, Coventry. It was founded by the merchant William Ford (or perhaps 'Fourd') in 1509 to provide accommodation for six elderly people: five men and one woman. Despite the earlier name of "Grey Friars", it bears no relationship to the Franciscan Order but was so named because of its location on Greyfriars Lane. The building houses a narrow courtyard measuring 13 yd × 4 yd (11.9 m × 3.7 m) and has been considered by historians and writers to be a particularly fine example of English domestic architecture of the period. In 1517, following Ford's death, the endowment was extended to allow six places for couples to live together. In 1529, it was extended further to allow five more couples to stay. According to W. Hickling, a Coventry historian writing in 1846, by then it was serving forty women, each of whom received an allowance of three shillings and six pence per week. During the Coventry Blitz, the building was hit by German bombing, like many other parts of the city. A bomb dropped on 14 October 1940 killed the warden, a nurse and six residents. It was restored with original timbers between 1951 and 1953. The building is located on the site of a chapel within Greyfriars Friary. In 1940, John Bailey Shelton, a Coventry archaeologist discovered encaustic tiles typical of those found in a chapel. The building was built with a considerable amount of teak. In 2006, the building was used as a location for the episode of Doctor Who called The Shakespeare Code. In attempting to reconstruct the Globe Theatre, Shakespeare scholars have used Ford's Hospital to understand Elizabethan doorways. See also Grade I listed buildings in Coventry References
Fordhall Farm

Fordhall Farm is an organic farm of 128 acres, in Market Drayton in north Shropshire, England. It is owned by an industrial and provident society, the Fordhall Community Land Initiative (FCLI), whose aim is to use the farm for community benefit. The farm became a cause célèbre in 2005, when a campaign to raise funds for FCLI to purchase the land gained national press attention. Within the boundaries of the farm are the remains (earthworks) of Fordhall castle, a scheduled Norman ringwork-and-bailey castle. History The ringwork was first noted as recently as 1950, although the name of its location, Castlehill Wood, certainly predates the 20th century. The ringwork has been identified with Moretoin Castle, attested in 1215 and possibly the castle mentioned by the antiquary Leland as 'Draiton apon Terne'. It is a monument scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 ("Ringwork and bailey castle 390m west of Buntingsdale Hall, List entry Number 1019659") The farm was formerly part of the Buntingsdale Hall estate, which was broken up in the 20th century. The tenant was an early adopter of organic farming practice, as well as being one of the first producers of yoghurt in the United Kingdom Bringing the farm into collective ownership The farm became a cause célèbre in 2005. A campaign was launched on 28 September 2005 to raise funds to purchase the land and bring it into collective ownership. The project had widespread support from celebrities including Alan Titchmarsh, Prunella Scales and Sting, and gained national press attention. The landowner agreed to sell the farm for £800,000 to the Fordhall Community Land Initiative by 1 July 2006. As a result of the campaign, the purchase money was raised. Over 7500 people bought £50 shares, raising £600,000, with £100,000 interest free loans and a £100,000 loan from Triodos Bank. The Fordhall Community Land Initiative is an industrial and Provident Society with charitable status. It is currently owned by over 8000 shareholders from across the world. This society owns all of Fordhall Farm. Volunteer weekends for part-owners are run several times a year, and the farm hosts events and activities involving the local community. The farm is at grid reference SJ647328 next to the Market Drayton factory of Müller Dairy. References External links Fordhall Farm
Foredown Tower

Foredown Tower is a former water tower in Portslade, in the city of Brighton and Hove, England, which has housed a camera obscura since 1991. It was closed to the public during the COVID-19 pandemic, and has not re-opened. Built in 1909 as a water tower for Foredown Hospital, an isolation sanatorium for patients with infectious diseases, the structure was left standing when the hospital was demolished in 1988–89. After the installation of the camera obscura, which is located in a cupola at the top of the tower and projects images of the surrounding area onto a dish below, it was opened to the public in 1991. The structure was operated as the Foredown Tower Countryside Centre by Brighton & Hove City Council's Museums & Libraries department until 2008, when the Conservative council decided it was "not economically viable as a visitor attraction". The council announced that the tower would be leased to the local Hove and Adur Sea Cadets for use as a base, with the intention that access to the camera obscura would be preserved. Despite these changes, the tower served as the meeting place of the Foredown Tower Astronomers, an astronomical society that conducted classes and demonstrations at the site, using the camera obscura to observe the sky both by day and night, until January 2010. The local council then investigated potential links with community organisations, and in September 2011 it was announced that the tower would be used as an adult learning and visitor centre under the administration of Portslade Learning Community CIC (now the Portslade Adult Learning CIC), which initially opened the tower sporadically for special events and short courses. In June 2012, the Foredown Tower Learning and Visitor Centre was reopened to the general public, with demonstrations of the camera obscura scheduled for Tuesdays and Thursdays and the last Saturday of the month. The camera obscura closed to the public during the Covid-19 pandemic and has not reopened since. References External links Media related to Foredown Tower at Wikimedia Commons Portslade Adult Learning website
Foremark Reservoir

Foremark Reservoir (OS grid reference SK3324) is a reservoir in South Derbyshire owned by Severn Trent which is also a 230-acre (0.93 km2) nature reserve open to the public for walking, fishing, bird watching and horse riding. Severn Trent are working together with the National Trust at Foremark. It is also the base for Burton Sailing Club. The reservoirs source of water is from the River Dove at Egginton, and it was constructed in the 1970s. The reservoir is accessible from the road between Milton and Ticknall. It is north of Ashby-de-la-Zouch and close to Ingleby, Swadlincote and Willington. It is part of the National Forest. Admission is free, but there is a charge for the use of the car park. Wildlife Twenty-seven varieties of butterfly have been recorded on the reserve, including the large skipper, the speckled wood, white-letter hairstreak, small copper, holly blue and the brown argus. The reservoir is stocked with trout and is available for angling between the end of March and the middle of December. One reason for the plentiful fish might be the large abundance of aquatic invertebrates – including dragonfly larvae, water boatman, great diving beetles (and larvae), pond skaters, water scorpions and silver diving beetles. References External links National Forest Page Geograph Photos of Foremark Reservoir
Forest Chapel

Forest Chapel, officially the Church of St Stephen, stands in an isolated position in the civil parish of Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough in Cheshire, England, within the Peak District National Park 4.5 miles (7 km) from Macclesfield. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It is an Anglican church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Macclesfield. Its benefice is combined with those of Jenkin Chapel, Saltersford and Holy Trinity, Rainow. History The original chapel was built in 1673. In about 1720 Francis Gastrell, Bishop of Chester, noted that it was not consecrated. The chapel was almost entirely rebuilt in 1834. Originally a chapel of ease for St Peter's Church, Prestbury, it became the district church for the chapelry of Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough in 1906, but in 1973 the latter was combined with St Michael's Church, Wincle, and Macclesfield Forest merged with the ecclesiastical parish of Rainow. Architecture Exterior It is built in sandstone with a Kerridge stone-slate roof. The nave and chancel are in one range of five bays. On the south wall is a porch. At the west end is a tower with a saddleback roof and there are louvres in the bell-openings. The tower contains one bell. Interior The interior is very plain. On the chancel wall is a white marble memorial to the memory of Rev Samuel Hall, a former minister of the church. Over the porch doorway is a benefaction board. Built into the east end wall is a stone altar. The east window contains some Victorian glass. The chapel registers begin in 1759 with some loose sheets dating back to 1746. Present day The old tradition of rushbearing still takes place at the chapel each August on the 2nd Sunday in the month. Regular Services include monthly evensong on the first Sunday on the month at 3pm and weekly 'Light in the Forest' service on Wednesdays at 12.30pm. See also Listed buildings in Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough References External links Photographs by Craig Thornber
Forest Croft and Taymount Grange

Forest Croft and Taymount Grange are two 1930s Art Deco–style mansion blocks situated at the top of Taymount Rise in Forest Hill, London. Forest Croft was built in 1937 to designs by Arnold Andre Higuer, on a site previously occupied by a house called The Mount. It comprises 63 flats. Taymount Grange was built in 1935 to designs by George Bertram Carter on the site of Taymount, a 19th-century house, and the former Queens Tennis Club. The developer was Sir Malerham Perks. It has a steel frame with masonry infill and a rendered finish, flat roof and metal "streamlined" windows. The aesthetic is more Style Moderne –being reliant in simplicity of detailing rather than ornamentation. When built some of the flats comprised two apartments, a large one for the main occupier and a smaller one for the servant. The flats were advertised with the tag "the servant problem solved". There were also a restaurant, lounge and "guest rooms", as well as seven tennis courts, a swimming pool and a putting green. The television, film and theatre actor, Michael Gambon, lived in the Forest Croft block for four years during his early to mid twenties. See also Du Cane Court References External links Forum thread at SE23.com Aerial photo of Taymount Grange under construction with play in progress at the tennis club
Forest of Arden Hotel and Country Club

The Forest of Arden Hotel & Country Club is a hotel and country club complex in England. It is located 4 miles (6 km) to the east of Birmingham Airport in Warwickshire. In October 2023, it was acquired by Blackstone Inc. to be operated under their Warner Leisure Hotels brand. I was previously operated by Marriott Hotels & Resorts. The Forest of Arden has two golf courses, the Arden and the Aylesford, both of which were designed by Donald Steel, and a golf academy. The Arden is the championship course, and has been the venue for many prestigious tournaments, including European Tour events, the British Masters on three occasions, and the English Open four times between 1993 and 1996. References External links Official website
Forge Dam Park

Forge Dam Park is a park in Fulwood, in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Forge Dam Park is the fourth of the Grade II listed Porter Valley Parks, a connected series of parks (when travelling west from Sheffield city centre) along the course of the Porter Brook. The 49 acres (20 ha) park is on the site of the Old Mayhouse Farm and Forge Dam. It was acquired by the J G Graves Charitable Trust in 1938. History In the 1700s, Sheffield's industry was focused on the manufacture of cutlery. To aid this, the Porter Brook was dammed diverting the water to a series of grinding mills. As the town expanded through the 19th century, the Porter valley was used for walks. Sheffield Corporation (later Sheffield City Council), purchased 20 acres (8.1 ha) of land in the area in 1885 with the intention of building pleasure grounds as well as to improve local sanitation by building a new sewer. The new park was designed by William Goldring, who included features to improve the aesthetics of the walks, such as gravel paths, flower beds and stepping stones. The series of parks and walks carried on expanding, and in 1938, the J. G. Graves Charitable Trust purchased 49 acres (20 ha), and created the Forge Dam Park. A walk known as the Sheffield Round Walk, which circled Endcliffe Park, Bingham Park, Whiteley Woods, Forge Dam Park and Porter Clough, was completed around 1945. Park In 1913, when the pleasure grounds were sold, they advertised "boating, fishing, bowling green, swings, tearooms, and motor boats" Today, the park is laid out a roughly rectangular space occupying approximately 23.5 acres (9.5 ha). It is located between Quiet Lane, Whiteley Lane, Ivy Cottage Lane and fields to the south. The main entrance is located on Ivy Cottage Lane, with some informal parking along the road. In 1924 Patrick Abercrombie said of the parks, "The Porter Brook Parkway, consisting as it does of a string of contiguous open spaces, is the finest example to be found in this country of a radial park strip, an elongated open space, leading from a built-up part of the city direct into the country, the land occupied being a river valley and so for the greater part unsuitable for building." References
Forge Mill Needle Museum

The Forge Mill Needle Museum in Redditch, Worcestershire, is a historic museum depicting Redditch's Industrial Heritage. Opened in 1983 by Queen Elizabeth II, it records how in Victorian times, Redditch was the international centre of the needle and fishing tackle industry and once produced 90% of the world's needles. History Needlemaking has been recorded in the area as early as the 1639. The building was originally an iron forge, but was converted into a scouring mill for needle production in 1730. The mill became steam powered in 1870. The mill closed in 1958. At its peak in the 1870s, the area was producing around 3.5 billion needles per year, around 90% of the world's needle production. Forge Mill reopened as a museum, with Queen Elizabeth II visiting for the opening ceremony on 5 July 1983. Collections Models and recreated scenes provide a vivid illustration of how needles were once made, and the museum organises temporary exhibitions, demonstration, and workshops on how needles were used in the textile industry. There were around 30 processes involved in the production of needles, which remain unchanged today. There are large numbers of needles and fishing hooks on display, including some produced for an exhibition in 1924. The museum is housed in a water-powered scouring mill dating from the Victorian era, the only one of its kind still remaining in operation in the world today. The museum holds records on the family trees of those connected with the needle trade in Redditch and the surrounding area. These archives are open to the public upon request. The museum is located near to the ruins of the 12th century Bordesley Abbey. References External links Official website Redditch History Website Website for the Volunteers at the Museum