Grange Arch
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| Grange Arch | |
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Dorset | |
|---|---|
 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 National Heritage List 1120456: Grange Arch, Steeple