There are many follies which have been converted into holiday accommodation. The layouts are not always very convenient and you’ll soon find out why triangular buildings were not designed to be lived in, but you’ll certainly have fun. The Landmark Trust were pioneers in this field but many others have now followed suit.
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Moor Park Tower, nr Hay on Wye is a slim prospect tower with two tiny bedrooms.
The Millenium Tower near Woodbridge, Suffolk is a modern folly tower.
Montacute Pavilion is a beautiful garden building in Australia!
The Garden Rooms at Fasque Castle, Scotland , sleeps two .
Glanusk Tower – a picturesque Gothic tower set on a bridge, near Crickhowell, Wales.
Euston Hall Temple, Suffolk – a recently refurbished folly with two bedrooms plus another two in a detached outbuilding.
Grotto Lodge, Highclere, Berkshire. A recently converted circular tower lodge with three bedrooms and two bathrooms .
The Folly near Snettisham, Norfolk is a cottage with a battlemented screen around it.
Coolstays – A wide variety of unusual properties including a couple of follies
A site with a vast range of holiday lets all over the world -includes follies, lodges, lighthouses & railway carriages. A big plus is that they give all their profits to charity.
Kinley Tower, Seaham, Durham
A square folly tower on the coast with two bedrooms.
Dovecot Cottage near Edinburgh. A weirdly shaped former dovecote that still has its nesting holes inside.
Penrice Castle -the Towers
A folly built as a ruined castle tower now converted to a home that sleeps 2
Portmeirion Village, Wales
Several buildings that form part of the fantastic Portmeirion village can be rented for holidays.
A great selection of follies and other historic buildings. They tend to be more accurately restored than some, but are also more spartan than other holiday cottages (eg no TVs).
Four towers and a good range of decorative gothick lodges
A huge range of historic ‘cottages’ including a couple of good follies, a romantic water tower and a good number of picturesque lodges.
A selection of castles, lighthouses, lodges and a couple of follies.
Foel Ortho, Wales
You get to stay in a a large farmhouse with some eccentric features such as a hidden bedroom – the actual follies are in the garden .
Deer Park, Scampston, Yorkshire
Castellated House facing towards Scampston Park.
House in the Clouds, Suffolk
Unique ex-watertower with a romantic exterior and five bedrooms plus an amazing viewing room at the top.
Several lodges with turrets or battlements.
Hunting Tower, Chatsworth, Derbyshire
A 16th Century tower that sleeps 4 with an annexe for 2 more.
Temple Folly, Swinithwaite, Yorkshire
Two storey belvedere, recently restored
Middleton Hall Folly, Northumberland
A recently refurbished folly now available to rent.
