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Grange Arch

Dorset

Grange Arch looking NW.JPG
Grange Arch on Ridgeway Hill
Type: Folly
Location
Grid reference: SY91268177
Location: 50°38’8"N, 2°7’30"W
History
For: Denis Bond
Folly
Information
Owned by: National Trust

Grange Arch, also known as Creech Folly, is an 18th-century folly that is located near the second highest point of the Purbeck Hills; Ridgeway Hill (653 feet), in Dorset. It lies within the parish of Steeple.

The folly, which was built by a former owner of Creech Grange, Denis Bond, in 1746, is built in the form of a triple arch of ashlar stone. The central archway is surmounted by battlements and flanked by stone walls with smaller doorway arches.[1]

Today the arch is owned by the National Trust.

The arch is a Grade II* listed building.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 National Heritage List 1120456: Grange Arch, Steeple